Visit to Donovan and Susan

We just got back from Spring Creek, NV. Justin had a job there installing a wireless network for Ruby Mt. Heli Ski and yes, he got to snowboard out after the install. Anyway, Ethan and I decided to join him and visit our friends Donovan and Susan and their wonderful kids Ellie and little 2 month old Ronan who live there. The Ruby Mountains are beautiful. Ethan had so much fun playing with Ellie (who is 6 months older than him). He learned so much from her I was amazed. He's talking more. They have the same rocking horse and Ethan would never even sit on his until Ellie showed him how. Now he loves it. They were so sweet together and it was great to see Donovan and Susan.

Love and Logic

My cousin Tiffany posted about this book on her blog. I've read it and also found it very useful so I thought I'd share too. It's a philosophy of lovingly allowing children to learn from their mistakes, allowing them to participate in decision making by offering lots of healthy choices, and discipline that places emphasis on respect and dignity for your child. It's a really quick read.

Logan Peak and the Beautiful Quoia Girl

Lipstick

Ethan's been able to reach my bathroom drawer for a while and pretends to put on chapstick and brushes his hair. Today he snuck out with the lipstick. I laughed hard when I saw he had put it on, to his delight, so he ran around the house with it laughing. I've been posting a lot but he does so many wonderful, hilarious things every day there's no way I can share them all.

Ethan Loves Sushi!

We ordered sushi takeout for dinner and put little chunks of the catepillar on a chopstick for Ethan. He loved it and kept asking for more. Maybe the sweet eel sauce had something to do with it. Anyway, we're glad because we could live off of sushi alone.

Clothes? Who Needs 'Em

Pics of Ethan from the last couple of days

We broke down a cardboard box this morning and Ethan had to take all of his favorite toys over to play on it. We decided to just eat breakfast on it.