Wednesday, May 09, 2007

The Big 6

Ethan turned 6 today. We love Ethan. He is talented, smart, friendly, kind, artistic, musical, funny, handsome, loving, and he can jump really high, especially now that he is 6. Happy birthday Ethan!

Here he is blowing out the candles, with help from his siblings. The big present underneath the cake is the terrarium for Ethan's new pet bearded dragon, which we will be picking up from the pet store next week.

For the first three years of his life Ethan believed he was a dinosaur. We have video of him when he could barely walk singing songs about allosaurs and gallimimuses (gallimimi?). Around the age of 4, his love of dinosaurs morphed into a love of dinosaur-like monsters, particularly Godzilla. (When he grows up he wants to be a director of monster movies.)

Although he is still fond of dinos and Godzilla, he has recently become devoted to zoo animals, especially animals that look like Godzilla: lizards, komodo dragons, monitors, etc.. Ethan really wanted a pet alligator for his birthday, but a bearded dragon is a big enough step for now. Anyone want to come feed it crickets?

5 comments:

Leslie said...

audrey will!!
but you might want neal there to rip their legs off first. yes, he does that.

happy birthday ethan!!

The Queen said...

Gall he looks so old in that picture of the kids blowing out the candles! I can't believe he is six already... :(

Carla said...

I'd love to come to Carmel and help catch some bugs to feed the new Birthday Present. :)
No, I can't believe this is Ethan..just isn't a baby anymore! Isn't so much fun to see them become who they are?

Jenny said...

6 seems so old for him (and Bentley). I hope he had a great day, and I'll stay away from that bearded dragon. :) But do post pictures so I can show the boys. :)

joojierose said...

i can't believe he's 6. you're old elliott! haha! so cute. i love ethan. i hope he had a rockin' birthday.