another day at KD

Kings Dominion has become our fun get-away place this summer. Thanks to the season passes we got for Christmas from the Suess family, and the fact that it's only 10 minutes away from our house, we have been able to enjoy going for just an hour or two at a time! On this particular day, Ethan wanted to try lots of new things. We went up in the Eiffel tower to check out a bird's eye view of the park.

Ethan decided that he wanted to ride a water ride for the first time. See that big hill in the distance? I was worried that he would be scared, but after we did it, he shouted, "again, again!"

He also wanted to try the big carosel for the first time. Loved that too!

Ethan won a monkey stuffed animal, and we stopped here to have his caracature drawn.

Showing off his muscles with Scooby Doo

What a fun day! He crashed hard when we got to the car though!

Beating the heat

Ethan loves the water so much, and if it were up to him, we'd just live at the pool!

Ethan is really taking off with swimming this year. Just the other day, he swam for the first time without us helping him! Of course the floaty vest helps alot!

A trip to Aunt Jen's

In June, we went to visit Aunt Jen, Grandma Pomeroy, and Ethan's cousins, Joey and Jaclyn. Ethan was a little handful, and even though we had a great time and did some fun things, I seemed to be struggling with one temper tantrum after the next. I think I miss Binky more than Ethan does!

We went to Hershey, PA to Hershey's Chocolate world, where you can learn everything you wanted to know about chocolate....and then some! Such a cool place....they even pumped the scent of chocolate into the facilities. YUM!

Ethan ready to view his first 3-D movie

Ethan begged us to let him hold Jaclyn. He was so gentle with her, and loved being close to her. Such a precious moment!

Ethan and Joey never run out of fun things to do....I still have no idea how they crammed themselves into this tiny dog crate!

A sweet moment with Sam and Sierra at home.....Sam's getting so gray!