Ethan is such a big boy now…I still can’t believe how much he’s changed in two years…his “Happy to you!” (Ethan’s way of saying happy birthday- for some reason he always passes right on over the birthday part) is next Saturday and now he is walking/running/climbing, speaking in full sentences, knows his colors, and can count to two.

Ethan has TONS of energey even when he wakes up at 5:30 am, and as you can guess mommy does not have nearly as much now that she is hypothyroid :). He’s  a very intense, bright, emotional and VERY two year old little boy so rather than sit around the house all day where he gets bored and is constantly told “no” we took him on an adventure to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. We took the metro in and he thought this was great since he loves to see “choo-choos”. His first mini sentence was “bye-bye choo choo!” one day when he and Todd picked me up from work.

The new ocean exhibit was a hit as was the insect zoo, even though a couple of the really big bugs scared him. He also highly enjoyed people watching the cafe :). However he still is not ready for all day touring. We left right after his nap in the afternoon and by the time we headed back to the metro at 6pm he slept all the way home! He didn’t even wake up getting on and off the train. Oh well. I think once both boys are able to go all day without napping then we will ready for intensive vacations. Until then it will just be visiting family with short morning and afternoon excursions.

Mommy had fun peeking at the Hope Diamond. Every time we go I like to wander through the Gems and Mineral exhibit. They’re actually going to reset it this fall and you can vote on the new design:

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/hope.do

I personally like the middle one. Although I’m not really sure how you can go wrong with a beautiful blue diamond.