Ethan's First Touch Down

Ethan played his first game of flag football this morning. Each game starts with prayer and then it's time to play! At first Ethan seemed a little overwhelmed, concentrating more on chewing his mouth piece than playing the game. He started coming around after half-time. By the end of the game, he was running like a pro!




GOING FOR HIS FIRST TOUCH DOWN

Summer Break is coming to an end~

Ethan and Mommy are spending the day together! This is Ethan's last summer weekend before school starts. We are going to have breakfast with Ashley and then go shopping for school clothes/supplies. Ethan also wants to go shop at Toys R Us with all the gift cards he received for his birthday. Let me be the first to tell you that this is a MAJOR ordeal. Ethan doesn't like to spend his gift cards on any one thing...he wants to get the most out of his money...$160 worth of inexpensive "stuff" rather than buying something "big" and somewhat expensive that he otherwise wouldn't get until Christmas. He needs a personal accountant along on this trip! He will stretch that money as far as it will go. He constantly asks what the balance is after each item is placed in the shopping cart. Then, he will start changing his mind about the items in the cart when the money starts getting low. This means I have to start recalculating the cart time after time after time until he decides on the perfect balance between quality and quanity. *sigh* I was wanting this to be a father/son adventure but it doesn't look like I will get my way this time:(

This evening, we are heading to Charleston. We get to spend time with Aunt Shell & Charles while there~ Hopefully, we can squeeze in some time with the Schmolkes as well! I'll post some pictures from our trip after we return. Hmmm, Charleston has a Toys R Us. Maybe I can convince Ethan to go shopping there. I wouldn't want daddy to miss out on all the "fun". Ha!

Ethan is 6

Ethan turned 6 years old today! He spent the afternoon at Chuck E Cheese with about 70 tokens in his possession. We also registered him for school. Can you believe that he is going into the 1st grade? I just gave birth to this child...seems like yesterday!

Ethan's 6th Birthday

We celebrated Ethan's upcoming 6th birthday with a pool party. He was blessed to have many friends and family come join him on such a hot summer day! The kids enjoyed pool fun, pizza and the party pinata. The tiki bar was also a big hit. The kids were served hawaiian punch in coconut shells or tall tiki cups. Ethan had an amazing day with friends and we appreciate all that came to help him celebrate his special day~