Year of the Dog

We have been talking about Chinese New Year with Ethan recently. So the other day we were riding in the car and he says "I'm Year of the Dragon, right?"

- "Yes," I tell him.

- "What is Annelise?"

- "Year of the Monkey."

- "What are you?"

- "Year of the Pig," I say.

- "You aren't very lucky. " He pauses a minute and looks at James and I in the front seat - "You two are pigs!" (much laughter follows)

He did have fun celebrating Chinese New Year with his little sister. They both got the traditional red envelopes from the staff at the restraunt hosting our dinner. Having 2 New Years' celebrations is not such a bad deal :)

Big Helper

Last Saturday Ethan worked in the backyard with James for 3 hours. He hauled bags of leaves as James was cleaning up the back (Annelise and I stayed inside and had our own fun :) Saturday night he couldn't even make up to the bed and crashed out on the couch. James got a second workout carrying him upstairs :)

Brother to the Birthday Girl

Top 3 things Ethan enjoyed about Annelise's birthday (according to him)

1. Eating cake (he thought up the idea to have a "messiest face" contest - he won)

2. Openning presents with (for) her

3. Giving presents to her

He also enjoyed being able to light the candle on her cake. Overall, I think he was a pretty happy big brother :)

National Champs Baby

Ethan watched the Rose Bowl with us tonight...or at least the first half - he has school you know. Anyway, he decided that he might just give football a try and wanted to know if the field he played on would be as big as the Rose Bowl field. On step at a time. Hook 'em baby!!!!!

Star Wars Christmas

Ethan asked for 2 basic things for Christmas - Star Wars stuff and an egg chair. He pretty much cleaned up all the way around. He enjoyed having his sister around, but he was disappointed that she didn't wake up as early as him. He had to wait about an hour before openning presents. Hard work, but it paid off :)