When I Grow Up...

At the dinner table tonight, Ethan announced, "When I grow up, I want to be a Daddy and have 2 kids.  And Daddy, when you grow up, you'll just be dead.  Right?"  Peter's reply: "I don't want to talk about it."

Bonnie and Clyde Treasures

After the playoff game, we drove to Nanna and PaPaw's house (Phil and Libby). We spent the night with them and decided to go on a treasure hunt the next morning. At the Bonnie and Clyde Trade show, we found lots of goodies! At the first jewelry booth, the seller gave Emmalee a bracelet. As Daddy bought a Christmas decoration, that seller gave Emmalee a teddy bear. Then we found a table full of "junk." But the kids, of course, managed to find treasures. Each item was 50 cents. Their Mimi had given them each a dollar. So they got to pick 2 items. Emmalee chose 2 books. Ethan chose this toy gun and a Santa sleigh. They were so excited to get these new items! As we walked along, we found some older antiqued toys (metal cars, yo-yos and Coke cans). All of these items were quite expensive ($30). Ethan spotted a rusty "delivery" truck with doors that opened. His eyes lit up and I knew he wanted it. There was no price tag on it, so I encouraged him to ask the seller about it. The man must have seen the excitement in his sweet face because the man said Ethan could have it for FREE. My precious boy thanked the man, took 2 steps, sat on the dirty ground and began gathering rocks and leaves to fill his delivery truck! Thank you, Lord, for blessing my family with so many sweet treasures!

The Playoff Game

Coach Dooley and the CLA football team advanced to round 2 in the playoffs! We were so excited that we packed up the family and drove 5 hours to see them play in north Louisiana. Poor sweet Ethan... He fell asleep at the end of the game. He slept through the band, the cheers and the buzzers. He woke up when we got back to the car. I asked him what he liked best about the game. "I liked when we winned!" But we didn't win. "Oh, then I liked when the band sounded like a train."

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,
I was looking around at the Bass Pro store today and found this really neat RED truck and it's pulling a boat just like my Poppy's. I'd really like to get this for Christmas, puh-leeze! Thanks!
Love,
Ethan

Practice, practice, practice

Ms. Lisa from next door gave Ethan this notebook for his birthday. This morning, he read ALL 26 pictures to me and told me how to spell each one! "Mom! Apple is spelled A-P-P-L-E! And banana is B-A-N-A-N-A!" Yes - 26 words! Then he got his pen out and began to practice writing. I think he's doing a great job! I'm so glad he loves to read and write!

How Does She Do That?

Emmalee often hides under her pillow at night. She says she's scared of Swiper (from the Dora cartoons). Sometimes, she falls asleep under her pillow. It makes me so nervous when I find her like this... But she is SOUND asleep. Don't worry, I moved her as soon as I took the picture!

Ethan's First Shave?!?

Ethan got a Cars shaving kit for his birthday! He couldn't wait to open it! But we told him that he would have to wait until morning. He was SO excite to get to do another task JUST LIKE HIS DADDY!
As soon as he got up Sunday morning, he was ready! He brought his stool from his bathroom. He lined all of the pieces up: shaving cream, brush, razor, comb. All he needed now was his Daddy!
Daddy showed him how to wet his face, then put the shaving cream on. Then Ethan watched as Daddy ran the razor over his face. Ethan mimicked Daddy's every move. Moments like this are priceless!
Peter is such a good Daddy. I pray that Ethan will always have the desire to follow in his Daddy's footsteps.

Happy Birthday on TV

Ethan and Emmalee love watching the Sprout channel. It's like pre-school on TV. They love the "Sunny Side Up" show where they do a kid style news show: talk about the date, weather and birthdays. For Ethan's birthday, we submitted an online birthday card. He was SO excited when he saw himself on TV! Such a fun memory for such a special boy!

Happy Birthday, Ethan!

Ethan's daddy is the best! Ethan said he wanted a Cars party for his 5th birthday with chocolate cupcakes. Look what his Daddy made! It took Daddy about three hours to make a frost the cupcakes Thursday night (3 batches because he also made some for Ethan to take to school on Friday).  Then on Friday night, Daddy started to put it all together.  He spent nearly an hour just laying out the cupcakes and cutting the road in just the right shape.  Then it took another hour to add the grass and all of the signs.  He wanted it to be perfect for his little... BIG BOY!
Happy 5th Birthday, Sweet Boy!