Yee Haw Cowboy Ethan

Today was my friend Annie's son's 1st birthday party. His name is Ethan too! Our Ethan couldn't wait to go to the "barn" party. He loved dressing up like Woody and playing with all the other kids. This was one fun birthday party!

Here is our little cowboy!

Ethan on the pony ready to go for a ride.

Ethan was so funny, he waved to us the entire time he was on the horse.

Waving some more.

Could this cowboy be any cuter?

Enjoying his piece of cake in the barn.

So, our little guy turned 2 1/2 on February 5th. On that day, he turned into a different kid. He is so outgoing now and talks all the time. I don't know what came over him but while he was jumping in the bouncer he decided to tackle this kid that was much bigger than him. Look at that face!

And they are down. Ethan acting like it was no big deal. And the poor kid wondering what the heck just happened to him!

Look at this little boy next to Ethan. I have no idea who he is but OMG, could he be Ethan's little brother or what? Look at the photo above too. They look so similar! They both had plaid shirts on, the same color hair, and the same little wave in their hair. So cute!

Ethan is very into imitating everything and everyone. Here he is being George from Monsters Inc. Go watch the movie and look for the orange monster that keeps getting touched by human articles and you will know exactly what he is doing.

Happy 1st Birthday "baby Ethan!!!"

Thanks for a really fun party Preach family!

Bouncing and Buzz

Today we had a fun filled day. We started out at Sky City Bounce with some friends from MOPS. Ethan hadn't been here in a couple months so he was very excited about bouncing around and sliding down huge slides.

Here he is on one of the huge slides.

After Sky City we went over to Hayden's house to play. Ethan was in heaven with all of the Toy Story toys Hayden had to play with. Here is Ethan with the Buzz Lightyear wings on. They did a great job taking turns being Buzz.

My Little Photographer

Today I took Ethan to Picture People for his 2 1/2 year old / Valentine's Day photos. He did a great job and while we were waiting for them to print out our photos he wanted to be the photographer. He told me where to sit, gave me a prop, and then sat in the same spot that the photographer sat. He kept turning his "camera" just like the photographer did. I just love this little man's imagination! There definitely is never a dull moment with this guy.

My Little Reader

Here is my little bookworm reading in the car. This man reads every chance he gets and trying to talk to him is just out of the question. I think this photo is hilarious because the book is bigger than he is!

Playing with Hayden

Ethan & Hayden had a fun time playing outside today. What cute boys!

Toddler Boogie

Today I took Ethan to try out a dance class called Toddler Boogie. He was very weary at first but GG helped him warm up and then he was dancing his heart out in no time.

Ethan wrapped around my leg.

GG helping Ethan get into it.
Flying around the room like an airplane.

Excited about his yellow tambourine.

He will kill me some day for this photo.

Trying to dance with a bean bag on his head.

After every song everyone would take a bow.

Here is Ethan's big bow.

Dancing around the sombrero with maracas.

Trying to pop all the bubbles after class.

As soon as class was over Ethan ran over to me and asked for his cookie...the bribe I gave him to get him to go to Toddle Boogie this morning.

Disneyland in the Rain

Today we went to Disneyland with Daddy! We got there around 2:00, right when it started pouring! The bright side to being at Disneyland when it is raining is the park empties out. It felt like we had the whole place just to ourselves. We walked on every ride and Ethan got to go on Peter Pan for the first time. Peter Pan usually has the longest wait in all of Disneyland. We had a wonderful day and didn't get too wet. After we went on Pirates of the Caribbean, we went over to the Blue Bayou, the restaurant where you need to make reservations weeks in advance. We asked the hostess if they had anything available and she said that they did. She said she has never had room for a walk up at dinner time in all the time she has worked there. We were seated right away and got to eat dinner with the pirates. Ethan was in heaven! The children's menu turns into a very cool pirate hat.

After dinner we went over to Toon Town. We were the only people in there! We walked all through Mickey's house and at the end was a very lonely Mickey Mouse. Ethan got one-on-one time with him and Mickey even did the Hot Dog Dance with him.
Our family with Mickey
Ethan driving Donald Duck's ship.
We had such a fun time today. It was so nice having Dan there to see how much fun Ethan has at Disneyland. We can't wait to go back!