Ethan's Wrestling

Over the past weekend I was going through the pictures on my camera and decided that I needed to post more of them on here.  Ethan was so proud to get his medal in wrestling, and he was also really proud of the quarter he found! We were proud of how well he did! Way to go Ethan!!

6 months old

I can't believe Annie is already 6 months. We had her doctor appt today and she got 3 shots. They weighed her in at a whopping 13 lbs. 10 oz. and she is 24 3/4 inches long. 25% in both.  I asked the doctor if she is too little and he informed me that she just didn't get that "Holland Gene". I wasn't sure if I should be offended or not. :) 

Shots shots shots

On Thursday I dropped the girls off at school and told them I was going to check them out early from school because we had to do some stuff to get ready for India. I failed to tell them it was to go get shots.  When I picked them up Ethan eagerly announced that we were going to get shots! Ellie started to bawl!! Maddie not really happy, but not crying asked why we had to go get them. I told them that we needed to so that they wouldn't get sick in India. Ellie still not satisfied cried the entire way to Alan's office. We picked him up and headed to the doctor's office. I was trying to get Ellie's mind off of it so I told her about a time when I was younger ( I won't really tell you how old I was ) and my mom took me and my older brother to get flu shots. When the doctor left the room to get the shot, I RAN!! He had to chase me all around the office and DJ had to pin me against the table to get the shot in my arm. ( I've grown up a lot since Jr. High ) By the time we got the office, Ellie was laughing at me. When we got out of the car, Alan took Annie, and Ethan and Maddie were not far behind him. By the time Ellie got out of the car they were almost to the front door. I leaned over to Ellie and told her "Let's get out of here!" She grabbed my car keys and told me that I had to go. 5 hours later, we were leaving the office. Only Ethan and I had to have shots. The rest of the kids were up to date on their immunizations (thank heavens) except for Rabies. They were all out of that shot so...next week we're off to the doctor again for shots!

Another Good Quote

I think I just need to make a section for Ethan's good quotes!!

The other day Ethan was telling Alan all about what he had learned at school. This week they have been learning about Earth and the Solar System. He has learned the planets names and a song so he can remember their order. He has also learned about Comets and how as they get closer to the sun their tails get longer. He is full of information. Anyway, he was telling Alan about Earth. "Did you know Dad that the Earth has" pause, "it has...Sucktivity" "It sucks us all down to the Earth." "Outerspace doesn't have sucktivity." Alan's response. "Really? Do you mean Gravity?" "Oh, yeah it's called Gravity!"

Quotable Quote

So, I haven't updated for a little while, but I had to quickly write about Ethan's quotable quote today....o.k. so he had a couple.  I had gone grocery shopping and I was carrying the groceries in from the car and Ethan noticed that I bought Oxiclean.  "Mom, that stuff is wonderful!!" I replied "What do you mean?" He said, "You just put 1 scoop into every load, and it washes all the stains away! Then you don't have to throw the clothes away that you thought you did!"  This kid is my waking infomercial

.

Another fun week!

Ethan has started wrestling with the Olympus High School wrestlers. They have a fund raiser and the wrestlers coach the kids and they have 4 tournaments. Well...we have had 2 tournaments already, and next week we have 2 more. In each tournament, they kids all have 2 matches. In the 1st tournament 1st match Ethan wrestled against a kid from Highland who also had never wrestled. It was pretty fun to watch them both dance around and not touch each other. Finally, at the last second the other kid tackled Ethan and the match was over. Ethan didn't really understand what was going on and didn't know why he had lost...he didn't get pinned?!? Anyway, he was sad that he didn't get to keep the score card (the winner gets the scorecard). He wouldn't go out and wrestle the 2nd match because he was mad. The 2nd tournament went a little better...1st match Ethan wrestled against a kindergartner from Skyline that had wrestled last year. He immediately got knocked down, and he bounced his head off of the mat. In the process he lifted his leg and kneed the other kid...both kids were crying  (FUN FUN FUN) He wouldn't finish his match. Luckily Alan was able to come to this tournament and knew what to do. (I was getting frustrated) I went back to the bleachers with Ellie and Annie and then looked back and couldn't find Alan or Ethan. The tournament went on, and it was finally Ethan's turn again. I called Alan's cell phone and they were just walking back in the doors. Ethan went out and wrestled against another kindergartner and acted like he kind of knew what he was doing.  He actually pinned the kid and got to keep his scorecard!!! The whole way home he kept saying "Mom are you proud of me? Because I'm sooo proud of myself!"  Way to go Ethan! I love to watch you have fun, and I'm glad your having fun wrestling! (By the way...Alan had gone and bought him a chocolate donut...I guess a little chocolate is all anyone really needs)

Another fun thing we did this week is to go skiing. Again we took advantage of "Ski FREE after 3" at Alta. Alan had decided that he was going to take the 3 older kids and go. I really wanted to go to, but couldn't find a tender for Annie so....Annie went too.  I strapped her on front of me and our whole family went skiing. It was so fun to see how great of skiiers my kids are. Ellie took off and we didn't see her again until we were ready to go home, Maddie was a little slower getting started, but once she got a little confidence she did great, and Ethan...he went 90 mph straight down the hill and was sad when I made him stop and wait for Alan and Maddie. He is a maniac! Next Saturday is supposed to be great weather again...I hope Annie likes it!

Busy Week

This past week was pretty busy. Alan has been working non-stop and I've been chasing kids...you know our normal routine. Ethan had a preschool program this week, and Ellie had a piano recital.  Ethan's program was so cute it was all about our Country.  I posted some video if you want to watch it, but...it gets a little long (I tried to edit it a little and took out the other 20 minutes of the program.).  I also posted Ellie's piano recital. She is getting so good. She has a recital next weekend also...it's called Federation. It's a kind of competition. She goes infront of 3 judges and they rate her. She is hoping to earn a gold cup.  

Also this weekend, Alan took Ellie and Maddie skiing. Ever since Alan learned about "Ski Free after 3" he has tried to take one of the kids every other week or so.  They love it and so does he. This weekend he braved taking more than 1 kid. They did great and next weekend he thinks he can take all 3. ( Hopefully they can get on and off the lift.)