Ethan - 6 Years Old - with Daniel

For Ethan's sixth birthday we decided to do a bedroom makeover. He had really wanted an extreme home makeover, like on TV, but of course that's not really something we could do! On Friday the 14th we drove up to IKEA in Woodbridge and got some shelves and storage boxes for his room. Ethan loves to go to IKEA because they have a really cool indoor playland where parents can leave kids. It is a well staffed, tricked out room with a ball pit, climbing wall, slide, etc. Kids can stay for 45 minutes at a time. Ethan went twice! We had lunch there (they have a really inexpensive, yummy food restaurant too). So that took the entire day and when we got home, Walter went to work and Ethan, Daniel and I went to Applebee's with Nana and Di. On Saturday we got up and drove to Charlottesville where we got some bulk groceries at Whole Foods and a gate and booster seat (for Ethan) at Toys R Us. On the way home we dropped Walter off at Ian's and they went and picked up a bunk bed that Ian got from freecycle.com. Saturday evening we went to Walker's 5th birthday party at Skate Town. Ethan had never been skating before and was afraid to skate by himself. Walter and I walked him around the rink a few times and he was off by himself. He was pretty good at it by the time we left! Sunday was a rush of church and cleaning. We got the house pretty organized before the party. Ethan's room is still kind of a jumble, but we got the shelves and the bunk bed built and in place. I hope to get some organizing done this week. Today I'm going to rest! Ethan has Josiah over and they are playing Nintendo. Whew!


Ethan's 6th Birthday CAKE!


Sam, Will, Ethan, and Walker Waiting to Dive In