Those apples look like balls!

Sunday was spent apple picking with our great friends Shelly and Keith.  I should say our incredibly patient friends Shelly and Keith! This was Ethan's first time at the apple orchard.  And his reaction was priceless.  The second he got out of the car  he pointed to the trees proclaiming, "ball! ball! ball!".  Those of you who have spent time with Ethan know that we could have no toys other than "balls" in our home and E would be happy.  The thought that "balls" grow on trees was the best thing in the world to him!  Figuring out that these "balls" were not the type you throw was not as much fun.  We compromised by giving Ethan the very important job of putting the apples into the bag to carry home.  Needless to say we have a lot of bruised apples!  

Ethan's love for throwing continued on into Tuesday when we visited the portrait studio for the first time.  Up until now all "planned" portraits/pics of Ethan have either been taken at our home or at Kristen's house.  I wanted to surprise John though and have a pic of Ethan taken in his Halloween costume. I first have to say that the pics are insanely cute.  I couldn't believe some of the shots this poor woman was able to get.  At one point they had Ethan sit in the studio next to a bale of hay and some decorative pumpkins. Small, medium, and large ROUND pumpkins!! Ethan being the "boy" that he is turned these pumpkins into balls before I could reach him.  The sad thing is that Ethan was not throwing these pumpkins to be mean or bold in any way, he honestly thought they were cool balls that were meant to be played with.   This is a concept we will have to keep working on!  In the meantime...watch your mailboxes as most of you will be getting a special halloween greeting from our photo session!  

We are heading to Maine this weekend to visit John's grandparents.  I'll be sure to post pics and details on Monday night!