BINKIE FREE

Isn't she a Cardinal Cutie. That is why they lost last week. She didn't have her cheerleader outfit. Mommy bought this for her Saturday.
Benjamin and Ethan at the Redneck, um Fairdale, Fair. They got to sit up in a real police helicopter. Since the police sold one of their 2 helicopters, I sure hope nothing really bad happened while there was a 2 year old and a 4 year old behind that controls of this one.
Ethan and Benjamin on the train.

Ethan handing them over. He even told them bye bye. Thanks so the good sport of a cashier, although she did make Joey fork over the debit card behind Ethan.
Mommy was distracting Ethan from the fact that Daddy was really paying for the car.
Ethan with his new big boy toy, because he is a big boy now.

Yes, you heard it right. Ethan has given up the binkie. This is actually quite an interesting story as to how this happened. Mommy has been thinking for a long time that we wanted it gone on his birthday. Well, that didn't sound like a very good birthday present and we really want him to have a good birthday, which is now 10 days away. On the way home from church, after talking to Scottie during extended session, Mommy decided now was as good a time as any. Ethan was excited because we told him that he could go to Toys R Us (which he is all too familiar with) and pick out any toy he wanted and pay for it with his binkies. It was binkie special day at Toys R Us. He picked out this huge remote control dune buggy thing (money well spent!) It is now 11:20 and he has been asleep for about an hour. He went to sleep easier than he has been a few nights this past week. Our strategy involves sleep deprivation. He is not allowed to take a nap all week this week and that way he will be very tired and hopefully go to sleep without too much fuss. Mommy is going to bed now because it could be a long night. Hopefully not though. Will let you guys know tomorrow. Just goes to show you that we should have a little more faith in the little booger.