Baby-Lover

Ethan has always loved babies! He delighted in each of his brothers when they were born and until they were old enough to bug him! He is still the most accommodating big brother I have ever seen. Every baby or small child he sees, he is immediately and completely drawn to them. Last year Walter's nephew, Winston and his wife Cathy, had a baby boy. When they visited, Ethan adored and completely hogged Jacob! We are blessed again this year to have a new baby on our family. In February, Tim and Dana (another of Walter's nephews, and his wife) had a baby boy, Noah. We have loved spending time with them and getting to watch Noah grow. The neat thing about Ethan loving babies so much is that they love him, too!

Ethan is 11!

Ethan is behind on his blogging. He will catch up soon, but I thought I would post a picture in the meantime!!

He loves his friends, his brothers, and playing the wii!!!

Ethan is a 5th Grader

Super Slide

Having Fun

Things Kids Say

Today, Ethan was sitting in the den playing LA Rush on the XBox and he said, "I know this race like the back of my head. Hand. I can't see the back of my head."

Then we all laughed at/with him!

Dragon and UK

I'm Breaking the Rules. That's How I Roll.

Just want to break in here on my awesome kid's blog and say that I am still his mother and I still have things to say about him - according to me!

He is t h e b e s t k i d (who is ten) in the whole wide world.

And I love him.

So there.

The Great Bionicle

Today, with my allowance, I got the Lego Bionicle # 8990 - Fero & Skirmix.
Here are the steps I used to build it.

Take it out of the box. Unwrap all the pieces.

Build part 1 of the set.

Build part 2.

Finally complete!

Lego Fun

Lego’s

Lego’s are bumpy, Have sharp vertices, they can be red, blue, green, gray, black, orange, and pink,

Some big some small, they are 3d, and I like Lego’s.

My favorite theme is Power miners.

Go to www.lego.com.

I play with Lego’s every day and I build different things out of Lego’s.

The Beginning - A Poem By Ethan

Smoothness

of a leaf sharpness of a shark tooth

Small like a sore thumb some up some down

thousands of bumps fired up with all colors rock hard ragged

like a rock brick of a house so big so small plans of a car plans of a tree what

we see is the gathering of the race car of the century

Ethan Underwood

February 2009

TEN

On my birthday this year, I turned 10 years old! My mom has been writing this blog about my life, but since I am old enough now, I am going to write it from now on. My mom and dad are going to help me with editing, writing topics, and posting pictures and videos, but most of the content will come from me. We had a party on the Friday after my birthday to celebrate with our friends and family. We had pizza from Hometown Pizza in La Grange. We had cupcakes too, my mom made them. They were really good. My Nanny P (Jeannie) came all the way from Virginia to celebrate and spend some time with us. My Aunt Tracy and Uncle Joe came. So did my friends Joel, Isaac, Nathanael, Rebekah, and their parents. My family gave me a new bike helmet and walkie-talkies. Another of the gifts I got was the Lego Granite Grinder. When it moves, the grinder moves back and forth. It was from Joel, Isaac, Nathanael, and Rebekah. I also got a coloring kit from my Aunt and Uncle. The markers in it were multi-colored – it was fun to draw with. I got twenty-five dollars from Jeannie and twenty-five more from my Grandmother and Grandfather. I got a ten dollar check from my Grandma and Grandpa. I got a card from my great-grandmother, too.

This past weekend, My Aunt Meredith and Terry took me and Daniel to the movies to see Bedtime Stories. It was funny, but I fell asleep for part of it! After the movies, they took us out to Dairy Queen for ice cream.

I had a good birthday and a fun party and movie treat. I am thankful for my friends, my gifts, and my money from everyone.

Back to the Grind

Ethan went back to school today. He had a substitute and had some serious trouble completing his homework. Walter helped him...

Shepherd King

Ethan was in the church play on the 14th. He had two parts, a shepherd and a king. He spoke his lines beautifully! He is a very talented and wonderful boy!

9Y 11M

Nine Years and 10 Months Old

Ethan is growing up. He is tall and very slim. Ethan was selected as one of only 2 fourth graders to be on the Academic Team for his school. He will begin the scrimmages in January. I will post more about that later so that you can cheer him on! In January, when he turns 10, Ethan is going to begin to write on his own blog (this blog). He is very interested in doing it and Walter and I think it's time that he tell about what's going on with him (and not just me!).

Ethan really enjoyed being at Grandma and Grandpa's house for Thanksgiving. He still has a great yearning to live in VA again. He was very, very happy and fulfilled there and hasn't found the same kind of fulfillment here yet. I can only hope that he can find a new happiness here!

Nine Years and Eight Months Old

Ethan is the Lego master! He has built his own version of the Lego City! He likes his teacher this year - he had her last year too! (Miss West became Mrs. Brown over the summer!!) Ethan is really excited to be nearly 10!

Double Decker Carousel

We rode this carousel in Florence, KY on Labor Day 2008. We were tired of being in the house and wanted a nice distraction. Florence is about 45 minutes north of our home on I71. The mall has a nice soft play area for the kids too. It was just the distraction that we needed and Ethan was able to get a much wanted game for his DS!

Smile

Nine Years and Seven Months Old

Ethan started school on August 13, 2008. He has grown a pretty awful attitude this summer. He's a know-it-all, he's grouchy, moody, and quick to anger. Sounds like we have a budding pre-teen on our hands, doesn't it?! Well, even with all of that, he's still sweet and kind to his brothers (most of the time). He keeps his room clean, unloads the dishwasher, and gathers all the dirty laundry. I suppose that means he's normal, right? :-)