Ethan's 5th Birthday

We had Ethan's birthday party on October 12th. Lots of friends came over to play games and celebrate with us. Ethan had fun blowing out his trick candles and eating the giant cookie he picked out for his birthday cake.

Ethan has learned and grown so much this past year. He still loves numbers and has been practicing his addition skills, he has even learned how to add "double digits". His reading and writing skills have improved alot too, especially since he has started preschool.

For his birthday he got is first mp3 player with the kid bopz cd on it that he loves to sing too. He also got some new cars and lots of games. Ethan loves to play games and is very competitive, hmm I wonder where he gets it from.

Ethan brings so much joy to our home and we are so blessed to have him as our son!

More New York

This is us standing at the base of the Statue of Liberty. You have to walk up a flights of stairs to get there but its a nice view of Manhattan across the water.

We didn't have tickets to go inside the crown but you can go inside the statue and look up inside it.

We went to the Top of the Rockefeller center with its glass balconies. Its good to get a bird's eye view since on the ground you can hardly tell which direction you are facing.

New York, New York

Michael and I just got back from our first trip alone together since our honeymoon. We stayed in Manhattan and just walked around seeing stuff for 4 days. It was exhausting but a lot of fun.

We had a lot of fun at Madame Tussauds. We would have learned more going to the Met or the Cloisters but we wanted to relax and have fun!

On our first day we went bike riding through central park. For those who know my athletic ability, you will know that this was my most perilous adventure in New York.

Just a few more of us posing....we had so much fun anyone who has never walked around NY for a few days we highly recommend it. Especially if you get to leave your kids at home ; )