Lots of Disney Days and UCI

Jared has been doing a two week rotation at UCI. The boys and I have been in LA because of Ethan's school during the week but go down to Tustin on the weekend. It's been a party! We have gone to Disneyland multiple times and Jared now has a pass so it's been so fun to go with him again. We used to go all the time while in medical school but since living in LA he never had enough time to make it worth getting him a pass. The night he got his pass we both couldn't stop saying how much fun we were having and were so happy he could go. We got to see Cars Land in California Adventure and rode Radiator Springs which is a really fun ride. We saw the parade one night and got to go with both sets of parents on different occasions.

Kayaking, Six Flags, & Angels Game

Happy 33rd Birthday Danny! For Danny's birthday, the Fisher family went kayaking in Long Beach. The little boys went but Jared and I went to Six Flags with Matt, Kay, Seth and Katie. Ethan and Danny got to ride together though Tanner had to stay on shore with Heather and Nana because he was too little.



They all had a great time and got In-N-Out on the way home and ate cupcakes. We had a great time at Six Flags and it was our first time going together. It had been years since all of us had been. We went on a lot of their extreme rides and got our fill for another few years!



After Six Flags we picked up the boys and went to the Angels game with the Goodmans. The boys were so excited to go to another Angels game this year, and especially loved the food. We are grateful to live so close to family and for such a fun and memorable day. Thanks to all!

Ethan's birthday party

 Today we had Ethan's birthday party at Grammy and Grandpa's house. It was a swimming Lego pizza party.

 Grandpa and Ethan swimming

 I made a Lego cake, cupcakes and Lego-shaped sugar cookies with M&M's as the little lego knobs.

 The kids jumped in the bouncer.

 Ethan has become quite the swimmer. At times it looks like he is going to drown but that's just how he swims.

 Tanner enjoyed putting on a song and dance. He loves to be the life of the party.

 My little boy, not so little anymore.

 I made some lego decorations.

 A lot of the Fisher Fam

 Our little fam

 Birthday Boy

 Ethan got so many nice gifts! He got lots of Spiderman toys such as a web blaster, mask, stickers, coloring books, Ninja Turtles, and several Lego sets including the Pirates of the Caribbean ship.

 He was in heaven. All the boys were amazed!

It was nice having such a large group of family members all together celebrating Ethan's big day.



 



Making a wish...



Tanner enjoyed the festivities as well.



Joy was able to come down for the weekend. It was so nice having her there too.



Spidey!



We are grateful for our sweet little boy and glad he had such a great day.





Our 5 year old

Happy birthday Ethan! Ethan is such a sweet boy and we are grateful he is in our family. Jared and I were talking the other night and can't believe we have a five year old. We have turned the corner from toddlerhood to a boyhood. Ethan is enjoying school and still loves learning. He enjoys doing his homework, reviewing flash cards, playing games, riding his bike and swinging in the backyard. Ethan is not phased by much or nervous about things. He has no problem with new places or people. I told him he was changing Kindergarten class rooms after two weeks of being in his class and all he said was ok and that was it. He does not have high highs or low lows, pretty even tempered. He is good at sharing and being caring to Tan. We are so glad he's ours. We love our Ethan!

Cute

Today Ethan came home with about 20 worksheets/projects from school. On back of at least half of them he had drawn Mega Man with his blaster shooting other Mega Man characters. It's so cute to see because I can just envision all the other kids working hard try to get their worksheet done while Ethan is done and bored so he decides to blow some bad guys up to occupy his time. The work they are doing right now and most likely thoughtout the year is very easy for him. His hand writing is really improving. He doesn't love school this year like he did in preschool. It sounds like there are several tables that he rotates to throughout the day. I think he has a lot of time to do stuff on his own. I wish they had an aid but that's public school for you. The Kindergarten classrooms will be rearranged as of Monday so I'm hopeful some good changes will come about.

Tanner continues to love riding his bike around the block in the mornings. We do this a lot in the afternoon as well. Because school has been pretty lame and Daddy has been on call we have gone down to Tustin for a few days. This is a moment I caught when Grandpa was telling the boys a bedtime story. It was a sweet moment.