This month marked Ethan's 7th Birthday. I can't believe my baby boy is 7 years old! He is so "grown up". We had a nice long weekend of celebrating. I tried to bake a cake but, for some reason my cake stuck to the pan and we ended up having to trash it. Oh well, the Carvel cake was really yummy! Bert, Hudson and I gave Ethan our gifts. He got a new bathing suit, flip flops and shorts, 2 super Mario action figures and a new Wii game, Super Mario Sports Mix and we all sang Happy Birthday wearing Mario mustache's. I was a Mario-rrific Birthday!
I am really proud of the smart, kind and generous boy he has become. He loves learning, with each subject in school he is consumed by it, enjoying learning all the facts and details, his new favorite saying is "Dad, can you look this or that up on Google". Right now, they are learning about the solar system and he couldn't be happier. He even created the solar system you see below all on his own and brought it to school to show the class.
Friday night we met Nannie & Tom for dinner, bowling, mini golf and rides at Amazing Jake's. Saturday he received cards in the mail from Grandma & Grandpa and Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. That afternoon we headed to Target as his birthday money was burning a whole in his pocket. I was so impressed with Ethan's shopping trip! He stopped and calculated everything and thought about what he really wanted. He bought a new DVD player for their playroom, a Mario movie, a new Wii game and even bought a DS game for Hudson. That was super nice of him (and I have reminded Hudson just how nice many times).
We didn't have his birthday party yet. He has his heart set on a pool party with a waterside so, we worked it out with the boys that we'll celebrate both their birthday's together this year at one of the city pool's. It will be a little strange having their party so far from their birthday but, April really isn't pool weather and Ethan wasn't budging on his pool party idea so, summer party it is. I think it will be a lot of fun!
