Capturing Zeke's Window

The caption of this post has two meanings. In capturing Ezekiel's window, I tried to see the world from his perspective; but I also had to take these pictures with in this very busy child's window of patience. In a mere 20 minutes Sam and I managed to keep Zeke focused and snapped away. What resulted was a number of photos with a decent represenation of the joy Zeke sees in life and the joy that he radiates to others. He is a happy child and loves to laugh and fake laugh just to get others to join in his clowing around fun. I was all for bribing Zeke with a lollipop and oh did he reslish this treat at the end. Of course, when daddy showed up at the end of the photo shoot the smiles on Zeke's face got bigger, the laughs got louder, and the fun was bubbling over for him. This boy LOVES when his daddy is home and will rough house with him. Zeke is Hans' replica, they have the same chin, smile, and those dark brown eyes. Here is a few of the pictures of Mr. Z's 2 year old world.

 

Don't we all wish we had these long lashes!

This would be the grin that crossed Zeke's face when his daddy showed up.  I swear there is an extra twinkle in his eye in this picture.

A 2 Year Old

Our little guy turned 2 and is now a full fledged toddler running, climbing, and trying his hardest to jump with two feet off the ground. Zeke is our wild one and is always full of energy, a loud laugh, and is always looking to be chased. We spent his actual birthday preparing a special apple pie, and our little chef couldn't have been happier. He requested pancakes for his birthday dinner and blew candles out a top his blueberry pancakes. He loves all things to do with kitchens and cooking....guess what his favorite thing to see at Ikea is...yes, the sample kitchens. The last time we were there he got very upset in the check out line because he wanted to go back and see the kitchens again and kept yelling, loudly, "See ninen, see ninen". Ninen is kitchen in Zekeese. A few days after his birthday we had a small chef themed party for him at our house and were blessed to have a few neighbor kids help us celebrate. This boy was SO excited to have kids come over and was squealing with glee as they sang him happy birthday. How is it that our baby is 2? Time goes way to fast.

Ride 'em Cowboy

A little rodeo fun. We love a good rodeo: cowboy boots, denim, broncin' bulls, waving American flag, dirt, country music, under the stars, hootin' and hollerin'....only there do you get all of this.

Apple Picking

I love to go pick fresh produce, and our boys enjoy it just as much.

Invasion of the Breitbachs

Some of Hans' siblings and his mom came to visit us in September. We loved the company. Some DC sites were visited, we did some mild hiking, swam, relaxed, and enjoyed catching up.

Stopping to Smell the Roses

Stopping to enjoy a few moments that I know I will miss when these boys are grown.

Sammy Boy

A Little update on our Sam.

Sugar any one?

Z and Sam earned free donuts at Krispy Kreme from the summer reading program at the library. Of course they were thrilled, who doesn't like sugar?

A Few Thoughts Before Turning 2

As Zeke's second birthday approached, I realized just how fast time goes. My baby was turning two, where had the time gone. A few memories in photos.

A New School Year

We are in full swing with this school year, my much belated post of the first day photos finally made it. This year, after much prayer, we decided to try homeschooling. We have joined a wonderful Classical Conversations community and our whole family is embracing it.