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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Bitting's go Bowling

April 26 we took Aidan bowling for his birthday. Kyle and I try to celebrate the birth of each child by trying something new. Kind of like how everything about parenting was so new the day they each arrived.

Who knew my husband is awesome bowler:) Especially with blocked gutters.

Go pro baby!

Ethan uses the ramp for assistance and says "no thanks" when Kyle attempts to help.

I wanted to teach Aidan the granny roll. Actually, that's how I bowl the best.

To say that Aidan is into bowling is a bit of an understatement.

Because it was his birthday. And the fact that the only other folks bowling were a senior citizen league, the clerk gave our family a free game. Aidan was thrilled about playing twice.

Ethan being his classic self. He likes to close his eye when carrying heavy objects. (danger, danger)

When the second game got competitive. Ethan got steamy and took his shirt off.

And scored a spare!

Perfect hold on a six pound ball.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Meet The Little Green Thumb's

Here's who I hang out with on Thursday's of this month from 3-5pm.

Grace T., Sami, Luca, Tess, Mathew, Grace C., Aidan, Meghan, Laura, Jack, Tommy

Group favorite fruit and veggie: apples and carrots top the chart

They are so cute and curious.

They have a blog of their own.

http://www.mylittlegreenthumb.blogspot.com/

Sunday, May 9, 2010

2+

On our third date Kyle and I talked about the number of kids we would like to have. Three was the magic number. Since the national average or trend was for a young family to have two kids in 2004. Coming from a family of eight, I 'had' to beat average. For Kyle three was a big number alright, he was one of two.

So here we are back to the agreement of our third date. Happily and healthily ( is there such a word?) we are on our way to introducing baby number three to our Bitting brood in December.

Today at Dim Sum, Aidan looked a the buttons on my sweater and said, "mom, there are four buttons on your sweater and we have you, me, daddy and Ethan. So when the baby comes you can't wear this sweater anymore because it does not have five buttons." Aidan is currently very interested in simple addition and subtraction.

When we asked Ethan if he would like a baby brother or a baby sister he says "a puppy." He sometimes walks around the house saying "when I am big..." as in when I am a big brother... It's all very cute. Ethan loves to be big. Perhaps this is why be is still wearing snow boots at the end of spring:) Every inch helps when you are trying to be BIG.

The history of Mother's Day

Anne Marie Reeves Jarvis was a young Appalachian homemaker who, beginning in 1858, attempted to improve sanitation and nursing procedures through women's clubs in what she called " Mothers Friendship Day."

It wasn't Anne Marie, but her daughter, Anna Jarvis, who created the Mother's Day that we celebrate today.

Anna spent many years caring for her aging and ailing mother. Anne Marie died on May 9, 1905 and Anna missed her terribly. In 1907, Anna Jarvis attempted to establish Mother's Day "honor Mothers, living and dead." Her efforts paid off.

The first Mother's day was celebrated on May 10, 1908 and honored the late Anne Reeves Jarvis. After this initial celebration, Mothers Day caught on. The Mothers Day International Association was established on December 12, 1912, to promote and encourage meaningful observances of the event. And on May 9, 1914, a presidential proclamation declared that every year the second Sunday in May be reserved as Mother's Day.