Happy Birthday Ethan Boy!

Can you believe he's 6 already? And such a sweetheart. Ethan is such a joy to have in our home. He is such a good brother. He plays with Isaac and only ever gets upset when Isaac won't share. He runs errands for me and helps Miles find his bottle and blankets when he's upset. He is kind to his friends and fun to be around.
And somehow our love of all things knights and dragons last year has now morphed into a love of all things Star Wars and Light Sabers.

So that's about the only thing he wanted and therefore got for his birthday. Luckily Star Wars has been around long enough that there's a good variety to pick from and luckily it's a great deal cheaper on EBAY!

We opened up his presents and then Ethan had to rush off to school. Which might have been a bummer if he hated school but since he loves it, he was excited to go. Plus, I got to bring in cupcakes for his birthday so that made it extra-special.

We LOVE his Kindergarten teacher!!! I'm so glad he had her this year. Such a kind, loving, orderly way to be introduced to school. I showed up with the cupcakes and Miles in tow thinking we'd just sing Happy Birthday and pass out the treats, but she has this whole Birthday routine the kids go through. First, he gets to sit in her special rocking chair in front of the class and I sit beside him (so did Miles who luckily was so mesmerized by all the kids that he just sat and watched the whole time). Then he gets to pick out a special book to keep from her personal book collection- Ethan picked one about snow since it snowed all day on his birthday! Can you believe that??? April 26th!!! Then they sing Happy Birthday and she asks the mom questions about Ethan so the class can get to know him better (funny things like what kind of a baby he was and silly stories from home) and then anyone who wants to gets to say something nice about him. Most of the comments were things like "you're a good friend" or "I liked when you helped me." I hope these sweet statements will be remembered by Ethan and not be just lost in the excitement of his day. I'll certainly remember them. It's not that often kids take the time to verbalize their friendship and I was grateful his teacher makes that a part of each birthday. What better present could a kid get than to hear that others love and value him? We wouldn't trade this teacher for the world!