Red

This is very late but no less important. Our Ethan turned 6 on September 8th. He is such a character! He can be so kind and loving one minute and teasing you to death the next. His spirit glows as red as his hair. One day he asked Randy what his nickname was and Randy told him "Red". Not original, but it definitely fits all aspects of this little boy.

Ethan has more energy than he knows what to do with. He loves soccer and baseball as well as tackle football with the family! He keeps talking about how he is going to play pro soccer and make a lot of money. Hopefully he'll remember how his mom and dad supported him through the years and he will want to "support" us back!

Ethan is tender-hearted most of the time. If I am sad he always asks why and offers to help in any way he can. He may fight with his siblings a lot, but he is always the first to defend them.

Ethan loves to learn about everything. He loves anything to do with numbers. He is really motivated by money and understands the value of it. With this love comes a lot of trading up for bigger bills and he always has exact change counted out to give you. His goal right now is to count to one million in as short of time as possible. At the bus stop this morning he was at 184. Hopefully he can concentrate on other things at school!

I love this little guy more than I can comprehend. It is often a battle of wills between us, but somehow I know it is just making him stronger for the future.