Happy Birthday Ethan!!

Ethan turned five years old on March 21st. My family was able to come over and celebrate his birthday, again. Of course they went overboard and got him more gifts. The highlights were the razor bike, which is pretty cool. It whips you around in circles. Ethan also got a huge blue ball which you sit in and someone rolls you around in it. It was pretty fun, I even tried it however we are not sure where we are going to put it, thanks Uncle Mark! Ethan had his five year old check-up this week he is still in the 90th percentile in height and 80th percentile in weight. He got his shots for kindergarten which he was worried about the entire time but, did pretty well with it. Ethan loves anything having to do with animals and can tell you quite a bit about them. He enjoys playing baseball and basketball and finally likes swimming lessons! He loves to hang out with Maya until she wrecks his stuff. He enjoys going to school and is pretty good at math, I think he might have the engineering brains in him! Unlike his father and I he is a planner, he is always asking us what are plan is for today and the next day. We can't tell him anything in advance! He shares a special relationship with my grandmother and tells her she is his best friend, it is the cutest thing in the world, however you have to watch them because they can get into lots of trouble together! He is an active tough little boy with a kind heart and can't wait to see what this year brings him!

Ethan's Birthday Party

This year Ethan had his fifth birthday party at Monkey Joe's. We had never been there before but, the kids had a blast. Brett, Frank, Lucas, Maggie and Jack came to celebrate with him. Eric had the job of chasing after Maya, since I had done it the previous weekend at Lucas's party. That is easier said then done. She was trying to keep up with the bigger kids and she would do pretty good for a two year old but you still would have to climb with her which is pretty exhausting! I barely saw Ethan because he was running around so much. we ate pizza and had shark cake, which was Ethan's choice. the cake turned out awesome thanks to Lindy Lapore who has made the kids birthday cakes for the past two years. i just gave her the idea and she took off with it! The entire cake was edible! Ethan was excited to open presents and there was even an appearance by Monkey Joe, which scared Maya and Jack to death. It was a fun day but left us all exhausted when we got home.

Joe and Marens Baby Shower

Joe and Maren are expecting a baby any day now. A couple of weeks ago Eric, Ethan and I went to Iowa to celebrate their baby shower, Maya stayed back with my parents it was a little too long of a trip for her. The shower turned out great and everyone was able to make it back for the event. Ethan had a great time and is hoping that Maren will have a baby boy but, he told me that also he hoped she would have a boy that was four years old, I told him that I didn't think that was possible.

Waiting for Grandma and Grandpa

I had made the mistake of telling the kids that my parents were coming over to see them. So Ethan and Maya grabbed their chairs and decided to wait at the window. They sat their and waited for 15 minutes until my grandma and grandpa came. What isn't on film is two minutes after I took this picture the two started fighting and Maya ended up falling off the chair.