What is my 5 year old up to....

I can't believe my baby is 5 years old! Where does the time go? He was so cute when he woke up on his birthday. He got excited and said, "Am I five today?" Now when if he does something that he used to not be able to do he'll say, "It's because I'm five."


When it comes to eating, he is definitely a picky eater like his mommy! He still doesn't eat meat...except for bologna and hot dogs...if that even counts. In recent months he tried meatloaf and smothered steak and claimed he liked them but never ate them again. He loves any and all pasta...especially "red ghetti" and "cheesy ghetti". He eats chicken nuggets but won't eat a piece of fried chicken. I don't think he realizes it's the same thing. For his birthday he wanted to go to Christina's which is Mexican. He doesn't eat Mexican food. He just wanted chips and hot sauce and mac and cheese...Caleb ate a whole taco. It reminds me of when I was little and would go to El Chico's with my parents and I would always get the three little hamburgers on the kid menu. Certain textures make him gag...just like me. There is no hope for him and I won't push it. At least he loves most fruit and salad.



He really loves school and all of his friends. He still won't talk about what goes on at school though. I remember when he first started when he was 3 and I would ask him what he learned at school. He would always say "nothing" or "I don't know". I still get the same answer. I'm excited and sad for him to start kindergarten in the fall. He will go all day every day and have a whole new set of friends. At least he will still have Will and Tyler. He is a little social butterfly so he will have friends in no time. I'm just not sure he will love going to school every day. Some mornings he doesn't want to go because it cuts into his play time.


He is into all things super hero. I never thought I'd know so much about X-Men, Super Hero Squad, and all the comic heros. The playroom is covered with "guys". That's what he calls them. When we go somewhere he always asks if he can take some guys with him. He also loves matchbox cars. Nana is keeping them in business. He easily has over 50.

He is a total ham for the camera. It's getting hard to get a normal smiling picture of him because he wants to pose or be silly. I have several shots below of him modeling...on his own free will. He was dressed up for church and I was just trying to get a nice picture of him. Here's his photo shoot (from two differents days).

He loves his brother...most of the time. He has got the role of annoying older brother down to an art. He can just find one word that annoys Caleb and he'll say it over and over just to make him scream. One of the favorites: "Wawa head". Every time he says that to Caleb he screams and says "No wawa!" Weird, I know. But they really are best buddies and I love to see them play happily together and give each other hugs because they want to, not because they are being forced to.

He is into all sports. I think baseball is his favorite right now but we play them all. He likes to play football and soccer in the backyard. He's always on Daddy's team. They play against me and Caleb. Unfair disadvantage? I think so! :-)

We found a new thing he loves to do...the leaf blower! He will use that thing for hours. He will get one spot perfect then move to another spot and blow the leaves back the where he just was without realizing it. That's why he can do it for hours. :-)

He loves to dress up. It's usually Spiderman or Wolverine. He will sneak into his Spiderman costume then sneak around a corner and jump out at me and give me a heart attack! This particular picture was from a birthday party.

He is obsessed with driving the car. Watch out if you're in my neighborhood and you see me with my hazards on. That usually means Ethan is in the driver's seat. Almost everyday when we drive home from school he asks if he can drive once we get to our neighborhood. I used to let him do it a lot more but now Caleb sees that Bubba gets to get out of his carseat and screams. So now he only gets to if Caleb is asleep.

And of course, a blog about Ethan wouldn't be complete without a dance video!