Making Hotdogs!

Before supper the other night, Ethan said, "Mom, do we have any hotdogs?"
I replied, "No."
Ethan said, "But can you make some hotdogs? Do we have some ingredients?"
Sorry Ethan. I'd rather not know what it takes to make a hotdog!

Family Picture?

Yesterday, Ethan's teacher told me that they were supposed to draw a picture of their family for their journal assignment. Ethan didn't want to draw me, even after some encouragement from his teacher. He told her that he was drawing everyone playing Playstation and Mommy doesn't play that with them. (He's right. Sometimes I watch, but usually I let that be their Daddy bonding time while I get things done around the house.) I was wondering what Ethan would have to say about it, so later that day, I asked him why he didn't include me in the family picture. He responded, "Because you were gone......You weren't dead. You were just on vacation or something."
Thanks for clearing that up, Buddy!

My Sweet Boy!

While getting Ethan out of the shower the other day, he said, "I dry myself now, Mom, cuz I'm big."
I said, "Do you want me to help you a little bit?"
He responded, "No, I don't need any help."
I love that Ethan is becoming a smart, independant, young man. But each time he learns how to do something on his own, I feel like a lose a small part of him. So I said to him, "Why do you have to keep growing up?"
He said, "Well, you can still do some things for me when I'm a grown up."
"Like what?"
"Like hug me."
What a sweetheart! I love him so much!

Submission

Wives submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Colossians 3:18
To say that I need to work on that would be the understatement of the year. I tend to me a little bossy sometimes. (I know some of you are chuckling right now!) Well, the other day, my sweet 4-year-old helped set me back on the right path.
Josh was messing with the TV, and I was afraid he would mess something up and cancel what was recording at the time. I told him to stop messing with the TV and help me get the kids ready for bed. I obviously didn't use my nice voice, because Ethan then said, "Mom, are you the boss of Dad?"
Remembering Colossians 3:18 I said, "No, Daddy is the boss of me, and we are both the bosses of you and Olivia."
Ethan responded, "Well then why are you bossing him."
OUCH! It's never fun to have your flaws pointed out by your kids!

Someday...

The other day, Ethan told me, "Someday when I'm a sheriff, I'll get a horse."

Football Star?!

We drove past the old football field the other day while the high schoolers were having football practice. Ethan said, "Mom, what are they doing? Cuz whatever it is, I want to do it someday!"
I thought I better record that moment for someday when he's a big football star!

Ethan's Chicken

Ethan is really into drawing these days. I've started to notice somewhat of a method/strategy as I watch him work. He starts making marks on the paper, then when he's almost finished, he decides what he's making. Sometimes when I ask him what he is drawing, he will say, "I don't know yet." or "What do you think is looks like?" A few weeks ago in church, he made a chicken on the children's bulletin. I was highly impressed!