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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

And they say parenting has no rewards...

Last night as we were finishing up dinner, Ethan said, very out of the blue, "Mom, what can I do for you?" I was stunned and speechless. My heart melted and I ran over and gave him a big hug and smackaroo. After dinner, he wiped off the table for me.

Earlier that same day, he was playing in the car while I was feeding Eliza and he wanted to turn the music up louder. He did so and then said, "Oh wait, I don't want to hurt Eliza's ears" and promptly turned it back down.

I don't know how we were blessed with such a sweet boy, he is amazing. I feel like we don't even deserve him sometimes! He is a wonderful brother, him and Liza are best friends. He already pretends with her so much. She is one lucky girl to have a brother like him.

We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this boy!!!!

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Lewis Family said...: Gosh, I wish my boy were so thoughtful! What a sweet boy!

P.S. Ben was reading all of Ethan's expressions while I was reading your blog, and he was laughing a lot. He thinks Ethan is a really funny kid.; 8:40 PM

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Ethan's Expressions

10/17/10 Mark came home from a church fireside and Ethan said, "How many fireworks did you see?"
10/1/10 Ethan came home from school and said they made a scarecrow but then said they didn't make it with any "scares" in it.
7/1 Ethan was playing with his good friend Addison outside. Eliza was giving Addison big, cheesy, flirty smiles and, even worse, was blowing kisses at him. I then asked her if she wanted to kiss Addison and she nodded her head yes. Boy crazy already! Ahh!
7/1 Mark was talking about Chris King hubs for your bike which supposedly are the best and, in his words, will outlast the bike rider. Ethan said, "Chris King hubs won't outlast Jesus since Jesus never dies." Smart boy.
12/29 "Eliza thinks Rudolph the Reindeer is HER reindeer." He often comes up with silly things that Eliza "says" like this. He has often told me that Eliza thinks she's a mommy and always is telling him what to do.
12/15 Mark said he would take Ethan on splits with the missionaries if Ethan ate all of his dinner. Ethan said, "Great! But I don't like it (dinner, that is)." He said this about 3:00 before I even started thinking about what we would have for dinner.
12/14 Ethan likes to get into Eliza's crib and play quite often when they're supposed to be sleeping. One night we went to check on them at 10:30 PM (!!) and they were still awake, playing. He excitedly exclaimed to Eliza as we walked in, "It's a miracle we're still awake!!" And then proceeded to ask us, "Is it morning time?"
12/13 Ethan asked me if he could draw all over his body. I cautioned him against it, saying that his body was a temple and that we wouldn't be drawing on the walls of the temple. I wanted him to make his own choice... he thought about it for a while and then asked, "Well then, can I draw a temple on my body?" Smart boy.

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

And they say parenting has no rewards...

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