Happy Birthday Ethan!

Last weekend we had a small birthday party for Ethan. The theme was "dump truck party" and Ethan spent weeks beforehand talking about it and telling anyone who'd listen about his party. He was so excited!! We had 4 families over and the kids and parents had a great time...Ethan loved the party and all the fun gifts he got! We can't believe he's 3 years old!

the kids decorated hard hats to wear at the party.


Daddy and Ethan.


Ethan with his dump truck cake.


Opening presents.


Ethan in January 2007, with Allison... how time flies!

kingpin

Sunday, we went with a few friends and their kids to the on-base bowling alley for a little change from our usual afternoons at the playground. The kids had a blast! Of course, there was no turn-taking or keeping score. We had 2 lanes and at times, there were 3 balls going down at once. The dads had to take turns going down the lanes to retrieve balls that got stuck, or better yet, were going too slow to make it to the pins. We ended the afternoon with some pizza and all in all, it was a great day.


waiting to roll the ball.

Ethan had a blast!

Dads on ball patrol.

Wesley and Ethan waiting for the ball to come out....this was their favorite part!

photos courtesy Scott Pugh.