Who's a Spoiled Boy?

So, I think Ethan has hit the motherload this past week. He's gotten so many clothes from us, Grandma Sue, and Nana Feehan. Obviously he's going to need new Fall and Winter clothes this year since all the ones from last year are 12-18 months and he doesn't fit in them any longer. But it's just funny how we all decided to go shopping for him in the same week. So, all together he's got: 9 Long sleeved t-shirts, 2 sweaters, 2 zip up hooded sweatshirts, 2 pair of pants, 1 pair of tennis shoes, 6 short sleeved t-shirts, 1 polo shirt, 2 pair of pajamas plus a brown knit hat, a puzzle and a Little People firetruck. Now, if that isn't spoiled than I don't know what is! ;o)

Sprucing Up the Porch...

Finally got around to putting up our mailbox this weekend....even though it was like pulling teeth to get Elliott to do it..lol. It looks soooo much better than the temporary old rusted white one that was just sitting on our porch. Plus, we also got a new bench from Ikea to put in the corner of the porch. My idea for that is when holidays like Halloween and Christmas roll around, I can put some fun decorations on it and in the summer it'll just house our flower pots like it is now. By the way, what do you think of the gargoyle? It's Elliott's and he insists it be displayed on the front porch...so it's new home is now the corner of the bench. The only thing I'm kinda stumped with is what to put on the bottom of the bench....any thoughts? Here are some before and after shots of the porch:
Before we really did anything to the front of the house (the "don't occupy" sign is still on the door):

Before the screen door was even installed (If you look really hard, you can see Ethan peaking through the "prison window" on our front door, lol):

After I painted the front door brown (see the ugly white mailbox just sitting in the corner...bleh!):

Now with the new mailbox and the new bench: