The world according to Ethan

All flying insects are "bees!"

It does not matter that soy dream is healthy, Ethan loves every form of ice cream.

A lot of good things happens when Ethan says " please with a cherry on top!" ( thanks aunt T)

Singing while in time out gets Ethan out of trouble quicker.

Ethan loves pup pup, butter and his bike.

Purple is blue.

Even though Ethan can say drink he prefers to say " winkie".

Sprinkles make everything taste better.

Says "no thanks" to bread crust.

Fruits and veggies

Ethan is hitting a major growth spirt before his 3rd birthday. He naps for three hours and is hungry every one and half hours. He has grown to be very particular about what he eats. Help, we're running out of ideas on what to feed this growing boy! Here is a look at Ethan doing his own grocery shopping when he was 13 months old. What a healthy apatite!

Help I'm suck!!!

Opps I dropped one...

The Graduate

Red reindeer bow tie, blue cargo shorts and baby blue eagle design limited edition converse shoes. This graduate dressed himself for the special occasion.

Class of 2025

Thomas, Jack, Sebastian and Aidan B.

With the help of the entire class, we raised $1,000 from a used toy garage sale. Aidan, Tess and got the pleasure of presenting the check to their wonderful teachers.

Aidan receives his diploma.

We are SO proud of you boo!

It's another first, the first of many graduations. To celebrate Kyle bought the boys three super soakers. One for each and one for us to share. I love it that one person's accomplishment is the entire family's celebration. Ethan endured many naps in the car during pick up time while Kyle and I tried to keep up with all the things Aidan was learning from school. I don't remember learning about the places on a map or nocturnal animals in preschool. I also do not remember my first teachers to be as nurturing as Miss. Sandy, Miss. Donna and Miss. Julie. The class of 2025 is in a league of their own.

Let's play

A dream play date.

Ethan, Sebastian, Grace C., Tess, Aidan, Laura, Grace T., Mathew, Tommy, Liam, Meghan

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.

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/

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.