Ethan's Big Day

Today our little man celebrated his 4th birthday!!! Though it was a very good day, especially since daddy got to be home with him, mommy, and Alek, it was heart wrenching with the thought that only one more year left and then our peanut will be 5 and starting school. It's amazing how fast time flies. We pulled out an outfit for Alek the other day, and I swear I remember putting the outfit on Ethan only yesterday.


I guess Sarah's right about wanting to write down every little thing the kids do just so you have something to go back to and remember the moment. Today Ethan wanted to go get new cowboy boots for his birthday because his old ones (only about 6 months old) are too small. He came running upstairs yelling "Daddy, Daddy, can we go to the boot place and get me new boots today?" I replied, "I don't know, why don't you go ask Mommy." He said, "I already did ask mommy." I replied, "What did she say?" Ethan, a little frustrated, said "She told me to ask you!" I just started laughing and said, "Well, it's ok with me if its ok with mommy." He went running downstairs yelling, "He said it's ok mommy!"

After that conversation, we had a major meltdown because the Moose sweatshirt that mamaw bought Ethan in Vermont is dirty, and he had to wear it with his Wangles (Wranglers) to get his new boots. After much coaxing, he was satisfied with wearing his Ohio State t-shirt and his Ohio State colored jacket. He said he couldn't wear the sweatshirt dirty because it would give him germs. Sometimes, I swear he's 25 already.


Later this afternoon, Ethan told us that he couldn't wait to turn 5 now. We asked him why, and he said, "So that I can go huntin', with my huntin' pants on." Mommy said, "Well you have to be 10 to go hunting." Ethan just said, "Oh I forgot." Of course this conversation took place after he got the County Fair Shoot Out game from Target with his gift certificate from Cory, Katie, Allison, and Spencer. The game has a gun that has an infrared light that shoots duck targets that move. We played with it as soon as we got home and he is a pretty good marksmen. (He gets that from Papaw Mike)

Ethan was soooo excited that today was his birthday and told us "I am going to stay up all night so that my birthday will not be over." Then he followed that up with, "My birthday won't be over until the morning. So I'm staying up all night." Oh to be a kid again. He almost made it all night too. The last thing I heard from him was at 10:15. What a night owl :)

Ethan, Mommy and Daddy are soooooo proud of you and WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!