If You Give a Mom a Moment: Outdoor Activities

Wednesday, April 9

Outdoor Activities

We went to the park and flew a kite a few days ago. Ethan thought it was so cool. Christian gave him the reigns shortly after this. Ethan flew it for a while, and then when he was done he said, "I'm all done" and dropped the string! Christian had to go chasing after the kite.

Yesterday we went to Reiman Gardens. The butterfly house, as always, was my boys' favorite part. Here, Aidan is pulling faces at a butterfly. (It's his new favorite pastime.)

These are videos of Ethan and Aidan "gliding" through the air at the park.

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5 people wanted to leave a comment:

Jessi said...: We have some kites we need to go fly! How fun! So, I was reading your Ethanisms and Aidanisms and I laughed so hard at the very last Aidanism when Christian said goodnight to him and he said "I love you Gordon!" Ha ha ha! That is totally something Jarrett has done! You were right about them being good buddies!; April 9, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Liz said...: Htanks for the posts. I love your new pic k me up!! I love Ethanks new Ethanism.. I can't it must be child proof.
Thanks for your blogs They are so uplifting
liz; April 9, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Brooke said...: LOVE the new ethan and aidanisms. The one where aidan wants to eat treats for breakfast made me laugh so hard! (Because my kids usually want that stuff for breakfast because they see ME eating it!) Fun pics of the kite flying, and funny faces at the butterflies. I could not get the midweek pick me ups to work on the computer I was on though. Hope I can see them soon!; April 9, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Laurie said...: I adore the butterfly picture. What a sweet boy you have.; April 10, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Deneal said...: Erin you look so cute in these videos! Must be the new haircut or maybe the time together with a husband who's been gone interviewing for the past month. Or maybe it's knowing that you have a job waiting for you!!! Anyway, you look good and the boys seem to be having a blast.; April 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM

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