for the paparazzi

Making squirrel and bird treats with Grandma An and Aunt Hannah

Throwing the Frisbee to Papa

Ethan during craft time

Ethan playing Frisbee, sunbathing WA style

Tucker removing the nail polish from W and Mommy's toes.  He's actually very adept at it

Whitney removing her OWN nail polish

Another use for sleds

Heavy duty pools

climbing into the pool

Tucker explaining his father's day craft to Papa.  "Look!  There is candy in there, Papa!  Look!"  He gave him Reese's pieces with a sign that said "I love you to pieces"

Whitney giving Papa her "papa rocks" coaster with rocks that she collected.  It's their shared hobby, collecting rocks

swinging baby Ethan.  Tucker's dolly is waiting in line

Each of their babies is in the swing and they are swinging it "really high"

Baby birds in their eggs on the playground



For Auntie Jill and Dad

Aunt B snuggle play

 

Tucker chucking 10 pound dive weights around

Whitney holding Ethan

Tucker holding Ethan

The week with Grandma Kim:

Strawberry picking:  Between everyone, 2 flats of strawberries were picked.  Aunt B was the most focused.  T and W picked baskets worth and gave the baskets filled to Grandma.  They liked going under Grandma's tunnel (through her legs).  Tucker wouldn't pick dirty strawberries.  I guess they were defects.

All adventures include bathroom adventures.  Tucker didn't want to use the honey pot.  Whitney started calling them honey pots.  Tucker supervised Whitney in the honey pot and at the hand washing station.

On the way home from the strawberry patch, Aunt B got out of her seat belt.  Definitely against the rules.  She heard about it from Tucker all the way home.

Crafts:  Grandma came prepared with crafts.  They made sharks, jellyfish, crabs, masks and mobiles.  Grandma mostly made the mobiles.  Put them up on the ceiling and everything.  The next morning I heard them planning on how to get those birds down.  Whitney told Tucker she couldn't reach them. Tucker said he could, if he could get on her bed.  He reached up and ripped one off, probably by jumping off the bed to do it.  Then Tucker didn't have a bird.  So Whitney politely gave him permission to rip another bird off of Grandma's mobile.  Then Mommy didn't have one.  Anyway, even though there are three birds ripped off, they have had a lot of fun playing with those birds.  Grandma put them on sticks and they are even more popular.

Going for a walk:  T and W don't particularly like going for walks, especially around the neighborhood.  Only Ethan gets roped into those walks.  He likes looking at trees moving in the wind.  But on a walk they went at a park.  They found lots of banana slugs and could dig in the sand at the end destination, so it wasn't a half bad walk. 

Yummy treats:  Cookies, ice cream, brownies, frozen yogurt.  And a pound of chocolate for Mommy that Ethan didn't like so much.  Darn it.  No chocolate for Mommy unless Mommy wants a fussy baby.  Rats and more rats.  but then, maybe eating a pound of chocolate in a week isn't good for anyone. hah!

Aunt B:  Took them  to the park and found lots of caterpillars and slugs.  Tucker told me about that about 20 times in a row about how "Aunt B said 'Tucker!  Watch where you are stepping'"  And he also prayed that night how he was thankful to "play with his friends" and "for the treats I ate".  Aunt B took them to the store and let them pick out a treat.  Definitely a thing for an aunt to do.

Beach and kayaking:  It was a beautiful day and I was so tired of missing out on all the outings.  So I decided to go with everyone to the beach, too.  It might have been a bit much for me and Ethan.  Still debating about the wisdom of that.  But it was also lovely to be in the sun.  I watched as Tucker splashed and jumped with Jeremy in the water, Whitney freak out about the plethora of dead fish on the shore (I had to agree with her on that one), Grandma kayak with T and W, and Aunt B hold Ethan in the shade.  He was pretty warm, so we thought he'd like a dip in the lake with just his feet.  Not so much.  But he isn't sick, even though Mina I(originally from Mexico) is certain he will catch his death with those behaviors.

Naps:  Mommy took a nap every day and pretty much stayed home.  Boring, but very necessary.  But I also got to snuggle Ethan lots and take a snuggle nap most days with Ethan.  He likes it!  And so do we.

Ethan continues to be adorable, snuggly and most days his alert times are in the day.  He tolerated his photo ops of changes of clothes fairly well.  He likes to smile and laugh in his sleep.  Or the chocolate effects are cute in his sleep.....  He has lots of cute poses and faces that we can't quite capture. 

One time I was putting him down and he raised his index finger and arm above his head, as if he was saying "Wait!  I still want your attention!"

Grandma An:

Park every day!:  I took naps or took Ethan to the doctor's every day while Tucker and Whitney got to go to different parks.  Ethan had four doctor visits in one week.  Why do they do it?  The favorite park was the beach park.  They got to dig in the sand and watch the tractor add more sand to the park.  New sand feels a bit crunchy.

Library:  They checked out the big down town library for the first time and picked out books that were in English and Japanese, plus lots of papa books.

Crafts:  They made the cutest father's day crafts.  See above.  My favorite one is the foot print one.  Not sure if Jeremy appreciated them, but I sure did.

Ethan weighed 7 lbs 3.5 oz on june 14.  No problems with eating.  He got his tongue clipped as one of the doctors appointments.

Both grandmas cooked and cleaned so mommy could heal.  Thank heavens!

Tucker likes to play gas can in the bathtub. He fills up the empty bubble bath container with water then inserts my hospital mug straw, then puts the straw in the boat to "put the gas in". He can also drag the kayaks about 10 feet (one at a time).

Ethan hates the cold, diaper changes and his arms stuck in a blanket.  Just like Whitney.