We are going all out of chronological order here, but we will try to put more in as we go through our pictures. A few weeks ago we celebrated Ethan's fifth birthday, and had a lot of fun. We went to the zoo to see the new baby polar bear (yes, that is snow that still hasn't melted in the background!), We hosted an army party with his friends with some rigorous boot camp activities and anything we culd think of to burn off preschool energy, and finally had a family party with some cake and a movie night.
He is really growing up! He enjoys reading and being read to, he loves attempting everything Julia reports to have done or learned in Kindergarten, he is always praying to be a good example to his younger brothers, loves being a superhero and sword fighting with Dad, and doing anything crazy. I am always impressed with his ability to succeed in whatever he wants to, whether it be learning to do a headstand he saw a cousin perform, memorize an Article of Faith or scripture, hitting the ball, or learning school things. He is confident and cheerful, a wonderful helper, and silly and fun. Here is some typical Ethan: the other day (a few days after we had talked about how the Atonement works), younger brother Christian had hit him, for which the consequence is take a time out in the bedroom. After I reminded Christian to go to his room for hitting and hearing Christian cry about the consequence, Ethan asked if he could go to his room for a time out in place of Christian. So sweet--the big brother superhero.
Ethan is starting Kindergarten this fall and is ready to take it on--we love him and are so glad he is part of our family!
