My day with a box

I found a box in the Tupperware cabinet and wanted to take it around with me all day.

I took the box for a stroll on the beach.

And showed it the elevators, which is my new favorite place to play.  I love watching the wheels and cable spin as the elevator goes up and down.

Very intent on how the elevator cables spin.

When Daddy came home I showed the box how to do some scrunchie faces.

We enjoyed the view over the water.

Then I took it to the play area by the restuarants.

Finally it was time to go home.

But first, more bubbles!

I Heart Faces - A Slice of Life

Over at I Heart Faces, this week's photo challenge is "Slice of Life".

E has been very interested in bubbles these days...every day after pre-school he asks if we can blow and catch some bubbles before we head back home for lunch.

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Clark Kent-ing

Hey, who is this?

Being serious.

Being cute.

Being goofy.

I love my Ethan whichever mood he is in.

Parks and Playdates

One of the best things about living in our neighborhood is the many different events and activities that are offered in the community (from plant markets, arts/craft fairs, wine tastings, holiday celebrations, and much more!).  It really a great place to live especially since the community is so tight knit and children/family focused.  A few weekends back someone sponsored an event (I don't even know what it was for) and had several family activities set up on the beach and around a few of the nearby playgrounds.  I didn't bring my camera to the beach so couldn't capture the events there, but in the afternoon we went to a playground where they set up a 'train' and ball throwing stations.


The train where they rolled you down a ramp of metal tubes.  E was super excited to try it until he actually had to sit in the basket.  You can see him trying to climb back out.  He did go down once but afterwards only wanted to watch the other kids.  I think he was fascinated about how the basket moved along the tubes.
We had more success at throwing balls into these cardboard animal boxes.







We have also had some play dates with one of his friends and fellow classmate, Serena. It's funny, they have played together a million times but whenever we meet up they never seem to really recognize each other at first. I mean, I don't expect them to run towards each other and hold hands (okay maybe I do...that would be so cute) but a greeting when we bump into each other would be nice. It takes Ethan a bit before he warms up at each meeting but soon they start to follow and talk to (or at!) each other.

Taking a coloring break.
At the playground.
Scrunch!
This was pretty cute.  They were clapping along as they sang 'If you are happy and you knot it'.
S is a dare devil!
E admiring her climbing skillz.  

Peek-a-boo!


And saving the best for last...we also got to meet up with baby Jaden! Ethan loves his cousin...after our lunch date he kept asking about baby Jaden.



So cute!

Jaden humored us about being passed around.
E pretends to be more interested in the iPhone, but he ask to hold J's hand for a bit.

What our family would look like if we expanded.  J/k, we are happy to just to get the chance to hang out with Jaden.  Can't wait to hang out more before we leave HK.

I Heart Faces / Best Face in February

He makes me smile and laugh every day.  He is the joy in my life.  I love him to bits!

(He probably feels the same way about his ducks.  =P)

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Lullabies

Nap time has been hit or miss lately but the last few days Ethan has been resuming his regular afternoon nap (fingers crossed it keeps up!).  He always talks and sings for a bit before eventually falling asleep but now he has added a new made up nap song.  When he is ready to sleep he will sing 'nappity nap, nappity nap, it is time to nappity nap' to himself and then zonk out.  I guess he doesn't need me to sing him lullabies anymore! 

Handmade Market

There was a handmade market at our plaza last week.  Where local designers sold things like:

rugs

and jewelry.

There were also kid's activities like:

catching fish to keep

bounce houses (Ethan was super excited to go in until he found out that I couldn't come with him...then he ran back to me and told me 'I got scared.  Very very scared'.  Lol.  There were too many older kids jumping inside.

But the favorite activity was catching bubbles. 

Catch!

On the lookout for more bubbles.

Collision course with other bubble catchers.