Ethan's Discovery at Church

Ethan had an eventful morning at church. A bit more truthful, we had our hands full at church today. Ethan discovered the echo in church. As usual like good Catholics should ;) we arrived 10 minutes before church to settle in and pray. In that short time, Ethan discovered that if he did "fast feet" (dancing in the pew), fake coughed, fake sneezed, and ultimately yelled, it would echo throughout the church. It was quite entertaining the first few times but then the Deacon started waving to Ethan. He had not only been noticed but mass was about to begin. Out came the pacifier. That only lasted until he discovered it was fun to drop on the pew to make noise. Then the event that got him out of church. He threw the pacifier across the center aisle into the opposing pews. We promptly decided to head to the back.

At offering we decided to try again and joined Daddy back in the pew. We just made it until communion and then took the long walk straight out of church. Let's just say Ethan showed God all his talents at church today.

Independence Day Celebrations

At the starting line



Ready to race



Can I go again?

This Fourth of July we celebrated our independence by staying home and enjoying our family. Patrick left for Germany yesterday for two weeks so we decided to relax and spend as much time with Ethan as possible on the 4th.

We were busy though. Ethan ran his first race on Friday. Yes, a legitimate 25 yrd dash. We decided to attend the Village of Larchmont 4th of July festivities. It was an old-fashioned community gathering with kids races, water balloon toss, a fire engine to hose down the kids (I think it was riot control just in case), free watermelon and hot dogs, and parent relays. Ethan was so tired when we arrived but once he saw all the kids away he went! Then it was his shining moment! As they called the pre-k kids up to race he decided he was running too. It took everything to hold him on the starting line until they said go but on the count of three away he went! He was by far the youngest little guy and although he finished last, by the cheers of the crowd, he was the winner! He ran the entire 25 yards in a straight line all the way to the finish! He was awarded a third place ribbon (which I thought was a little unfair given his age disadvantage, but at least this is still America where in the real world everyone doesn't win). He proceeded to run the next two races lagging behind the older age groups and then was quickly distracted by a dog passing by. Oh the joy of being one!

I am sad to say we have no video of the actual event because we did not bring our video camera. We had no idea what to expect from the gathering. I also have no good photos because I was chasing Ethan in the races and did not think to pull it out. (DAH!)

We also discovered Ethan LOVES blueberries! He ate half a pint yesterday by himself.

Other than that, we are having a nice summer. Busy as always but trying to relax and enjoy life and our little boy every moment we can.