My Big 6 Year Old!

How am I old enough to have a 6 year old?! Little Ethan Kyle turned 6 this week. I still remember how excited/scared to death I was when I saw two lines on that pregnancy test. And now here we are so many years later with a big boy full of energy and laughs. 5 was such a great year. I truely enjoyed it. He is the easiest kid ever. He loves to go out to eat, go to movies, and play with his friends. I love seeing the joy in his eyes when he is doing something fun.

He started kindergarten this year. It was a really rough first week full of tears and hugs. Now he loves school and gets bored when he is home. He has a good group of friends and gets in trouble for talking too much. He got the social butterfly gene from his daddy.

Here's his school picture. The color is distorted since I took a picture of a picture. Although, he was pretty tan since this was right after living outside all summer.

This is one of his drawings from school. It is him walking Gracie in the park. It says, "I love you Gracie. Do you want to go to the park?" He suddenly is obsessed with Gracie. He even has to hug her before he leaves. I need to get a picture of the two of them.

One of his first spelling tests. I can't believe he's already taking tests. It's like real school. :-)

This was from around Thanksgiving. It's amazing how quickly his writing has improved. It says, "I am thankful for the ocean." (Right now they are supposed to spell things the way they sound.)

I made this poster when Ethan was the "Star of the Week" at school. Each week features a different kid. It is now hanging on his wall in his room.

He was dressed up for Western Day at school. He still loves to dress up. He has an overflowing tub of superhero costumes in his closet.

So far, baseball is his sport. He wants to play all the time. He is about to start "coach pitch" in a month or two. He is nervous about not being able to hit the ball since it won't be on the tee. He is so my kid. Already stressing about something months away.

Hmm....his eating isn't much better than it was last year. He still likes his staples of bologna, hot dogs, pizza, pasta, and chicken nuggets. He did try a tiny piece of hamburger meat the last time we made burgers. He said he liked it but that he didn't want anymore. That's always what he says when he tries something new. He also has my texture issues. If something has a weird texture, he will gag and spit it out.

He loves to drink hot chocolate. It's so cute. This was from a few days ago. We had been playing football in the backyard. We came in to warm up and all had hot chocolate with marshmallows. Except for Caleb...he just ate the marshmallows. :-)

This is what I find after the camera goes missing. I can't tell you how many pictures of him I have like this. He takes pictures of himself and of the tv. Random.

He is so silly. This was at a tux/dress store. We were getting Caleb fitted for a tux and came around the corner to find Ethan like this. He said he was being Master Shifu (from Kung Fu Panda.)

He loves his brother...most days. Here he is giving Caleb a massage.

They are so cute together when they get along. The usually end up laughing until they can hardly breathe. I'm glad Caleb is finally at the age where they can play together. Ethan is very protective of him.

He is still obsessed with his "guys" and has passed that obsession on to Caleb. We end up dumping the tub of guys out frequently to find the one guy they are looking for. After we have been out running around all day, they will go straight to the playroom and play quietly with guys. It's great!

So, that wraps up Ethan's last year. I can't wait to see what the next year brings for him. But hopefully it goes by a little slower than year 5 did! We love you Ethan!!