Yes, that last picture is of me at the doctor's office. Ethan thought it would be fun to document them taking out my stitches.
Over the past week, Ethan has made a few comments that have kept us laughing. I thought I'd share them with you.
He says, "You know what the most boring job in the world is?"
"No, what?"
"Ringing that bell all day and night. Now that's boring!"
He told us, "God did not create these vegetables to be together. You are going to make him angry feeding them to me like this."
You don't have to be on the beach to play in the sand. Ethan mentioned to us this afternoon that, "We couldn't move to Florida because they didn't have any tractors on the beach there."
What is it with this time of year and Ethan wanting to spike his hair up? This all started years ago with Dude (Uncle Layne) showing him how. Once again he's sporting his cool look.
I may be a bit biased as his mother, but I'm pretty sure he's too cute!Remember my spiked hair last year???
The last few weeks of Pre-K, Ethan's class has been about learning about the "Fruits of the Spirit." It is their theme for the graduation ceremony this week. {The whole class participates in the graduation program, but we have decided that Ethan will return for another year of Pre-K at Holy Spirit and attend Kindergarten in the Fall of 2008. His birthday is about 8 days before the cut-off.}
If you ask Ethan to tell you what the "fruits" are he has them perfectly memorized: LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS & SELF-CONTROL.
Last week we were all in a rush to get ready one morning and Ethan choose the wrong morning to be difficult (in that he wasn't listening, following directions & in general being mischievous). He sat in time-out off & on (although when you are running late, time-out isn't exactly helpful!).
During the car ride to school I spoke with him about the things he did well that morning (like brushing his teeth by himself, cleaning up his breakfast, helping me put Parker in her cage, etc...). We also discussed how he could have been a better listener.
Ethan was explaining to me that he talks to Jesus and prays for help. He's rambling on and on about when and where he can pray. Then he remembers something Nate told him that morning: "Maybe you should pray to Jesus and ask him to give you more self-control!"
I look in the mirror and see Ethan with his hands folded, head down, praying:
This past week I attended a seminar in Valparaiso and my mom and Ethan went along with me. They figured they could hang out and swim while I was at the meeting...so they did just that!
Ethan was quite comical. It didn't dawn on me until after we arrived at the hotel and he was asking all kinds of weird questions (more questions than usual), that he hasn't stayed in a hotel before. Well, he did a few times but all under the age of 15 months old, so he doesn't remember.
Here are some random questions & observations he came up with:
* Is this hotel on the planet Earth?
* (After seeing no food in the mini-refrigerator) There is no food. What are we going to eat?
* Look! The bedroom and living room are all in one room.
* You mean I can eat in here in front of the TV?
* I wish I had an elevator to go up and down from our basement.
AND MY FAVORITE.....
* So this is what vacation is like.
I've got a lot of pictures, but for the moment here is a video clip of him swimming and showing his skills.
We took full advantage of the nice weather and spring break this week by going to the park (again). This time we came armed with old bread out of the freezer. There are a lot of ducks there and some really big birds that I call "gooses."
The goose had a big ugly orange nose.
Tonight after repeatedly telling Ethan not to do something, he did it again. Then he stood there staring at me as if he was waiting for a reaction.
Me: "Do I look amused?"
Ethan: "No, you look confused."
Nate: rolling on the floor laughing!
