Thanksgiving Trip to Bama

Ethan and I took a trip to Bama to visit with family for the week of Thanksgiving. Unfortunately Russell had to work and had no vacation because he has only worked there a couple months.

So Ethan and I hit the road and spent the week in Bama. We really enjoyed our trip. On the way we stopped to see Tony the tiger. Tony is a tiger who lives in a big cage at a gas station at exit 139 in Louisiana. I believe they are trying to raise money to move him to a better place.






We were making such great time when the state of Alabama decided to do road work. We were at a crawl for about an hour. Ethan did very well on this trip. I think he only asked me twice if we were there yet.

We arrived safely to Melissa's house 10.5 hours after we left our home.

Fishing...

This past weekend Ethan could earn his Fishing patch for boy scouts. Bass Pro Shop has a huge pond that they stocked with fish. We got there right on time and spent about 2 hours and was not able to catch a fish. There were many many people there, so the competition was high. They also had snakes and other animals there to touch.

I asked him if he would put the snake around his neck and take a picture. He said no so I had to bribe him with $5 to do it. And as you see from the picture below I am out $5.


He loved it!

Halloween 2009

Its been a long while since I've posted. So I thought I would talk a few minutes to write an update.

Ethan no longer has long hair. My dad decided to cut it. Ethan came home after visiting grandpa's with no hair. I was not happy about it, but it is done and he is growing it back out.

Halloween was a lot of fun. We have started a new tradition with a good friend of ours. There are a few houses on her street that get together on Halloween hand out candy and eat hot dogs and snacks. This was the 2nd yr for us to go there and Ethan really enjoys it. Doug made a haunted house this year in the back yard and Ethan was very excited about going in it. This is what he looked like afterwards....

He didn't like the chainsaw at the end. After a few tears he was ok and we went trick or treating. After trick or treating I asked him if he wanted to go with me through the haunted house and to my amazement he said yes. And again he was crying at the end. So I guess we will see if he remembers this next year.

Naughty Juice works

A friend of mine as recently told me about Naughty Juice. When Ethan decides to not listen or say something naughty he would normally get hot sauce on his tongue. Well he has had so much of it over the past few years that hot sauce does not bother him anymore.

Naughty Juice is white vinegar. I've only had to tell Ethan that when he is bad he'll get it. That alone has been enough for him to behave.

We were visiting a friend Friday night and Ethan was playing with his little friend A. The phase they are going through right now is calling each other loser. We continue to tell them not to call each other names and to play nice. After having this conversation with the both of them...they were walking back outside and I heard Ethan say "you better stop it or I'll show you my middle finger". If you need to take a break and get up off the floor I understand.

I immediately said to my friend "where is the naughty juice"....I could see the fear in Ethan eyes when I told him to come here. I proceeded to put just a little on a spoon and told Ethan to not spit it out. Ethan held his nose and took it like a man until he tasted it and decided to act like he was going to hurl. He now understands Naughty Juice.

So I did have to find out where in the world he found out about the middle finger. He finally told me that he learned it from one of his friends at school. I will be talking to his mother this week.

Ethan came home sick today....

While I was getting ready for work, I received a phone call from Ethan's school. It was the school nurse saying that Ethan just threw up and doesn't have a fever that is registering and is there anyone to come pick him up. I said I would be right there.

Let me give you some back ground on Ethan. In all of his 6 yrs he has not thrown up very much and usually he does when he has a high fever and he ate something just prior to the fever. So I knew that this sounded weird.

Thank goodness Russell had the day off so he could watch Ethan. I decided not to tell Russell so that Ethan and I could play a joke on him.

I walk in the school and see Ethan laying down on the nurses bed and he just smiled at me. I mentioned to the nurse that this is very weird that he is sick with no fever. She didn't really say much.

On our way out to the car I asked Ethan "how do you feel? Is your tummy still upset?". He said "no" (as he is rubbing his tummy). I asked him "what happened?"

.....this is where it gets kinda of funny and sad. Ethan said he was going to the bathroom and noticed another child that had had an "accident" and Ethan noticed the "accident" on the child's socks and it made Ethan throw up.

So Ethan heads back to class to tell the teacher he threw up and she sends him to the nurse. He tells the nurse the story he told me and she took his temp and called me. I completely understand why she sent him home since the swine flu is such a worry.

When Ethan got in the car I said "Do you want to play a joke on Daddy?" He said "yes".

A little background. Earlier this week Ethan came home and said he had been bored at school and wishes they would stop teaching him things he already knows. I told him that they have to go over the same things to make sure he remembers it from last yr.

So I dropped Ethan off about 2 houses down from ours and told Ethan to go to the front door and when daddy answered it and asks him why he is there...tell him that you were bored and decided to come home. (we only live 5 houses down from school so its not a long walk)

Of course it went exactly as it was planned. Ethan let it play out for a few minutes and then told daddy what really happened. Russell said that was a good joke.

Russell was even talking about this at bedtime and how good we got him.

Meet Taco

This is Taco... He needed a good home. Someone didn't want him anymore and he was wondering around our friends neighborhood for a month or so. We took him to the vet and they said he is about 2 yrs old and in great health. He was definitely someones pet because he is very friendly.

He has made himself at home in our bed. We now have moved him out because he sheds way too much.

Questions, Questions, Questions...

I thought I would ask E a few questions today and then would ask him the same questions in a couple months and see how the answers change. As of September 8, 2009.

Q. Favorite Color
A. Blue

Q. Favorite Car
A. Camero (orange)

Q. Best Friend
A. Max

Q. Favorite Number
A. 1000

Q. Favorite Place
A. Lego Store

Q. Favorite Food
A. Ice Cream (fudge ball flavor)

Q. Favorite Subject in school
A. Science

Q. What do you want to be when you grow up
A. Pilot

Q. Favorite Smell
A. Orange

You'll have to check back in a couple months to see if his answers change.