These boots are made for walking

Lately, Ethan has been very opinionated as to what he eats, where he sleeps, and most recently, what he wears. I'll take Ethan to his closet and ask, "What should you wear today?" I don't expect him to answer me, but he always grabs his rain boots then starts backing up to sit in my lap to have me put them on him. Sometimes if I'm not there I see him trying to put them on himself. He loves these boots! He loves struting around in them. Now my only question is who let this boy have an opinion?!? It is wonderful how he is becoming his own self and in the few things that he has control over, he loves that control. I guess that is why he will love a food one night and then not touch it the next.

Penny pinching at its best!

So I am new to the whole coupon world, but I am loving it! I had such a good shopping trip today I thought I would share with you. I got...

6 macaroni & cheeses
7 lbs of lean ground beef
6 yogurts
2 trail mix snacks
2 Tillamook cheeses
1 eyeshadow and
1 eyeliner

and my total was $18.42! The ground beef cost the most, but it will last us a long time. Who said living on a tight budget can't be fun!


I'm also a little late on this, but we had a great 4th of July. Nathan and Bethany were in town so we spent the weekend together and then went to the Stadium of Fire. Surprisingly the Jonas Brothers was pretty fun. It was a little loud for Ethan, and he was pretty scared of the fireworks. But we had a great time! Here's Ethan taking a little snooze on Dad!


I got this idea from a magazine. It turned out pretty cute.

Splish Splash! Ethan's Takin' a Bath!

Almost two months ago we went to California for a wedding and took some video of Ethan in the back seat. He has become a master of outsmarting sippy-cups and defeating spill proof containers. With the economy the way it is, we think its high time we took the Gosselin approach and used our child to pay for our house, vacations, and a publicist. We're going to auction his skills off to the highest bidding toddler product maker for field testing.
Anywho, he had such a great time with the water. The only problem is that this episode occurred just south of Nephi (on our way to California) which is about 60 miles south of Provo and Ethan basically sat in wet clothes for some time. We are bad parents. There I said it, I know you were all thinking it...