Fun Pics

Ethan playing with his friend Abby at the Supermall.








Ethan climbing to the top of Mt. Rainier. He's such an accomplished climber, and at such a young age!







Julia playing with the water snake at the Supermall.









Both Ethan and Julia have so much fun playing in the playground Shawn & Grandpa Gifford made last summer. Ethan mastered the climbing wall right away, but he just now starting to be brave enough to go down the slide by himself. (It is surprisingly fast for such short slide.)






Julia's favorite part of the toy is the swing. She smiles and laughs for as long as you are willing to push her. She's even more adorable with her cast on because she just pumps that one leg as fast as she can as she swings.





Julia is just too cute!






Ethan loves to work outside in the garden. He's all boy, meaning it's just not fun if you don't get dirty.










Julia enjoyed hanging out in her exersaucer watching the rest of us work.

Easter 2010

Grandma & Grandpa Gifford's Annual Easter Egg Hunt - April 10, 2010

Ethan knew what to do this year. He figures out real that there were yummy treats inside each egg and that he wanted to find as many as possible. He had a lot of fun searching for eggs.

Julia, of course was a little young to really find the eggs, but if you set her down near one, she was quick to pick it up and try to chew on it. Mostly, she was quite content with watching everyone else.

Here is Ethan showing off all of the eggs he found.









Ali made a fun Easter Bunny Cake.













Easter Morning at the Sharp's House - April 11, 2010
Ethan showing off some Easter Eggs that he found around the house. Julia found some too.













Coloring Easter Eggs

We decided that coloring eggs with Ethan might be a very messy activity, so we stripped him down to just his diaper and let him go to town. He had a lot of fun and most of the eggs actually turned out looking pretty good.
















Ethan and Julia hunting eggs in our own backyard.

Ethan's New Toy

Our neighbors are moving and trying to clear out a bunch of their things. Here is a toy that they bought at an antique shop, for their grandkids to play with, but they aren't going to take it with them. So, they offered it to us, thinking that Ethan was about the right size for it. It's a little rusty and needs just a little work for it to work properly, but Ethan loves it.

Julia Broke Her Leg

Julia has been getting very adventurous. She is crawling all over and getting into everything! On Friday, April 23rd, Shawn had her sitting in her exersaucer while he was working on homework. Julia, little miss smartie pants, figured out how to climb out of it. The only problem was that when she came down the other side, her foot got caught and twisted, breaking her leg. The break is what is called a spiral fracture, which goes most of the length from her ankle to her knee. As sad as this all is, she looks darn cute in that little pink cast. And honestly, it really hasn't slown her down much. She is now figuring out stairs and walking along while holding onto things, etc. I'm a little nervous for what she'll be able to do once that cast comes off (it's supposed to come off May 20th.)