We enrolled Ethan in soccer through a great organization, Little Feet Sports. The coach, Eric, is AMAZING, and Ethan LOVES soccer. The only problem? After 60 minutes of solid running, he is totally wiped out! Ok, so maybe that is not a problem at all.




Pure joy!
And wow, such a happy kid!

All Dressed Up

Dressing up is fun for all of us from time to time. Unfortunately, the reasons for dressing up so formally were not happy, rather the passing of Ethan's great-grandmother Mimi, on February 26, 2011. Nonetheless, Ethan looked great, and was happy to wear such fancy clothes.


At Forest Lawn before the service.
Ethan and his brother, Al Capone
Oh my, a model in the making....
So Nana also got him another suit to wear to the next event, a celebration of Mimi's life!

Growing up at the Biltmore Again

We got to meet my Aunt at the Biltmore for the weekend. We had a terrific time, hanging out in the sun....

Swinging on the grass...
Playing on the playground.....
Building castles with the chess pieces...
And oh yeah, we took the bike and rode it ALL OVER!

Baheem Lives again!

Enough said! Ethan loves the Tiger at the zoo, named Baheem, and loves to dress up as him in the costume Grandma sent him. Watch out though, he will scare you!

Ride that Bike

I think that there are many different ways that a child can learn to ride a bike. Jon and I fell in love with this new method, called a Skuut. This bike, a gift from us to Ethan for his first birthday, finally fits him, and he just LOVES it! The Skuut has no pedals, and Ethan loves zooming down the driveway on his bike.

Horses

Ethan also enjoyed riding horses over the Christmas vacation! This year he was brave enough to feed Nana's baby horse himself, and to ride a horse by himself!






In addition, He liked to walk the very big Banana dog, as long as he was wearing his helmet!

Beach Babies!

Nothing beats the beach at Christmas!

Tennis Anyone?

Ethan also took a few tennis lessons before we left Santa Barbara from the guy that taught his daddy to play! Ethan was in LOVE with his sponge-bob yellow racket, and the big balls that he got to hit and throw around the court!

Family, Family, and more Family!

Christmas and the holidays bring lots of family, and this year was no exception. In addition to Aunt Deb, Uncle Sean, Aunt Dani and cousin Maddie, for the first time Ethan and Zeke got to meet his Cousin Lily from Israel! The boys also got to see Mimi and Poodah!

Jon, Laura, Lily, Deborah, Ethan, Zeke

Ethan and Maddie and Snoopy
Lily Zeke and Ethan
Zeke, Deborah, Jon, Ethan and Mimi

Poodah, Zeke, and Ethan
Jon, Tiff, Sean, Dani, Snoopy, Grandpa, Zeke, Ethan, Grandma, Maddie
Grandma and Grandpa with all the grandkids

Ethan and Maddie

Christmas

This was Zeke's first Christmas, and Ethan's third! We had a great morning with my parents, had a blast opening gifts, playing with a teeter-totter, and eating lots of yummy snacks. After a short drive in the car for a nap, it was back for a great Christmas dinner with Grandma and Pa. Everyone had a great time.

A fish in water

Since Ethan is growing up in Arizona, being able to swim is something that is very important to us. The only thing is, it is hard to get swim lessons in the winter when it is cold in Tucson. However, we were lucky that Nana had a pool that we could use in Santa Barbara (despite the rain), and that Bobbi, the best swim teacher we know was able to come every day for lessons!!