Taylor comes from a huge line of Woodbury's (thanks in part to polygamy in the 1800's) and there are benefits and drawbacks to a family that large. The good side is that there is always someone there if you need help. The bad side is that there are so many of them that I can't remember who is a third cousin, who is a great this or that, or who is a once-removed something or other. So I've taken to calling everyone a "Utah cousin". I'm sure that's very politically incorrect but much easier to say and remember. Especially now that we're trying to explain things to Ethan. Everyone is just his "cousin". At first he was very confused. We went over to play at one of Taylor's first cousin's houses (what does that make her kids to Ethan- 2nd cousins I think) and I told him we were going to visit his cousins. He actually started crying when we got out and they weren't his actual cousins from my side that he remembers from New York and Ohio. Since then we've had over Taylor's grandfather's brother's granddaughter's kid to play. You get the picture- EVERYONE IS A COUSIN and we're all just happier that way.
So last weekend Taylor's mom's sisters and their families came in town for a big Servoss family reunion (not nearly as big since total that's only 2 sisters and their husbands and 6 kids altogether)but they got to be Ethan's "cousins" none the less. And he fell instantly in love with them.
Can you blame him? They played guitar hero with him and let him pick the songs and only quietly laughed at his singing and dancing (which is cute now for a 4 year old but will someday soon earn him 3 XXX's on America's got Talent). And he will tell you (since he told each and every cousin that showed up) that his favorite song is "Iiii wanna wock-n-woll all niiight in pardy everee day". L to R: Isaac, Aunt Linda, Tonya, Ethan and Julia
Isaac was funny. He instantly fell in love with Julia and begged to be picked up and carried around by her. He's never done that with anyone else so it really made us laugh.
Just had to include this picture of Isaac trying to eat his first popsicle. He was very confused by the stick and kept trying to pull it off. Of course once he did it was too cold to hold onto and not so fun to eat. Nice and messy though so gratefully I have a washer nearby.
On Saturday there was a chalk art festival at Gateway mall so we braved the occasional rain and went down. Amazing isn't it? Seriously that's a sidewalk with chalk on it.
Here's Ethan's favorite- Mickey Mouse although sadly covered up by plastic because of the rain.
And this is my favorite. I love Where the Wild Things Are.
As part of the free festival they had all sorts of games and activities set up. Here they're trying to sell you on buying these tennis courts for your backyard which we obviously didn't buy but Ethan had a blast playing. He seriously picked it right up.
Okay so you see how crazy his swing is and truth be told he totally whacked the lady next to him that was helping him but that's what you get for giving a 4 year old a racket and a ball and then not standing 10 feet away. I think it's the golf in his blood coming out. He certainly follows through on his swing.
Poor Isaac was not allowed out of the stroller since there were lots of crowds (he's too fast and I'm getting too pregnant). But he enjoyed the french fries, especially once I let him hold the box and he could feed himself.
Too cute to not post. Seriously- Ethan will thank me in 10 years that I included his cheesy grin in our blog book.
While Isaac fell in love with Julia, Ethan fell in love with Sofia. She turned 9 while she was here and Ethan thought she was the coolest person on the planet. He followed her around like a puppy dog and she was kind enough to let him and even play with him. On the last night she was sitting next to him at dinner and after 20 minutes she got up and went and sat by her mom and I heard her whisper "he just keeps asking questions and I'm tired". Welcome to my life child. Welcome to Mr. Curiosity.
It rained (poured actually) almost all of Saturday and Sunday and finally cleared that evening. So when the cousins went out to play in the backyard, Ethan and Isaac couldn't wait to tag along. Russell was patient with Ethan even though the concept of "freeze" was lost on him during freeze tag.
Isabella was cute. She followed Isaac around all weekend even though he was following Julia around. She was such a good babysitter that I got to sit and eat and chat with the adults instead of having to follow him around.
Freeze tag. L to R: Russell, Isaac, Ethan, Oscar, Julia, Isabella, Tonya.It was a great weekend and Ethan is still asking where his "cousins" went. Luckily- he has hundreds of other "cousins" right here in Salt Lake that he hasn't even met yet!
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I can totally relate to the cousin thing - it'll be the same for us when we go to Hawaii. This was a great post (I personally love lots of pictures and commentary), with such cute anecdotes - love Ethan and Guitar Hero!!
That sidewalk chalk is crazy! I'm always amazed. Did you know that they're making Where the Wild Things Are into a movie?? (not in animation) Can't wait!!
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