Late summer happenings

I thought I would share a couple cute pictures of Ethan taken a few weeks ago at the Lynden Fair. Most of you know of his lawnmower addiction. This extends to all pieces of machinery, both big and small. He likes "awgwees" (airplanes), "big twucks", and especially "vrooms" (tractors), in addition to the beloved "mawmowee". He was in HEAVEN when we went past the John Deere tractor section - I wish the pictures did his sentiments justice.

Ethan's favorite book is the lawnmower brochure from Lowe's, which we must read at least a few times a day. It goes something like this, "This riding lawnmower features a Briggs and Stratton engine, 21 inch cutting deck and the option of side discharge, mulch, or bag.....available only at Lowe's!"

He is also an animal lover, as noted:

What else have we been up to these past few weeks? Well, we're back at work. Classes start on Wednesday. It's good to be back, but I miss my boy so much during the day. Eric has been working on the deck, which is almost done. He also caught a 14 lb. King salmon. Oh, and he was given a smoker....he has ribs smoking right now. Ethan has been sick, so I've been doting on him and trying to tackle the neverending to-do list...which is actually longer than it was at the beginning of the summer - how did that happen?