Here are our pumpkins. Ethan's is on the left, Nathan's is in the middle, and Amie's is the princess. Bet you couldn't guess that one. I was the designated seed and gooey stuff remover. The kids wouldn't touch the stuff. I tried to get Amie to and she just gave me an extremely disguised look.
So I have to admit I am a listener of Dr. Laura and yesterday she read this and I thought it was pretty funny. I hope you enjoy it.
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
SARAH PALIN: Before it got to the other side, I shot the chicken, cleaned and dressed it, and had chicken burgers for lunch.
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY: Where’s my gun?
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken doesn’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart-warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken 2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken 2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never crash or need to be rebooted.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
This is the slide Ethan and Amie went on it over a dozen times. Amie would giggle the whole way down the slide. 
Here is Ethan and Amie showing off their pumpkins. They had fun searching through and finding their perfect pumpkin.
Here is our little princess, she loves to pose. Her favorite thing to say whenever she sees the camera is "take my picture mommy!"
I had to get a least one picture of them together in their Halloween shirts. Ethan wasn't too happy about it, he wanted to go check out the pumpkins.
This picture was taken just before Nathan left for Iraq. He was about 8 months old. He was always such a happy baby.
This is one of my all time favorite pictures of Ethan. He is about 18 months, I don't know what it is but I really like it.
Here is Ethan with his Uncle Tyler. Over they 2 years we lived with my parents while Nathan was gone Ethan and he really bonded. This was taken just before Tyler left for his mission in Brazil. 
Here he is 5 years old. I still have a hard time saying that. He is getting to be so big. I am glad I still have this year with him home before he goes off to Kindergarten. We are so glad he is a part of our family we love him so much!
We had a lot of fun. We had the kids practice using their light sabors. They had to pop bubbles with them and move balls from one line to another with them also. Luckily the weather was fairly decent which allowed us to do some things out side. 
Here is the birthday boy standing in front of Yoda. He didn't want to stand in front of Darth Vador. this was a game of pin the badge on Vador. I told the kids in order to turn Darth Vador good again they had to get the badge in the right spot. 
Here is the "cake." Since we are going to have a real cake for his birthday on Monday I opted to make cup cakes which for a kids party is pretty darn good.
Name/meaning: Amie Lynn. Amy and Annie are family name's on my mom's side we liked both so decided to combine them to make Amie. Lynn is also a commonly used middle name from the same side of the family.
Age: Turned 2 on July 28th
Nicknames: Sissy boo, princess and, Mamie (nickname from grandpa). Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Favorite Activity (ies): She loves to torture Ethan. She also likes to watch Elmo, she loves to play dress up. She likes to read books and sing songs. She is really enjoying going to story time. It is a special thing she gets to do without Ethan, just Mommy and her. She also loves shopping and trying on shoes. (typical girl!)
Favorite Food: She is actually a really good eater. But If you ask her what she wants for dinner or lunch she will say Chicken nuggets every time. She also loves cheese, fruit, bread, and of coarse chocolate. Oh and a newly acquired taste is raw fish. For some reason she loves sushi.
Least favorite food: She will pretty much eat anything unless Ethan says he wont then she will take his lead.
Favorite music: She loves all kinds of music. She will rock out to anything on the radio, It is so funny to see her dancing in her car seat.
Favorite toys: Her favorite toy is whatever Ethan is playing with at that time. She loves to play with lego's, guns, and the lightsabors. She also really likes her babies and her princess tea cups.
Favorite books: She really doesn't have one in particular. She does prefer the princess, Thomas the train, and Curious George books.
What makes her happy: She loves to get out and go places. She is so ready to head out the door we have to be careful on when we say we are leaving till we are ready to walk out the door or she will be bugging us to go. She also loves it when daddy comes home. Or going to Grandpa's house. She will wake up in the morning and ask to go to Papa's house. Also taking in the phone with her Uncle Tyler.
What makes her sad: Not getting to go when daddy or mommy has to go somewhere. Not getting to see her Papa. And not being able to see her Uncle Tyler.
We tag: Kaylee G., Ashely G., and Lily S.
