Happy Happy Birthday!

What a day! I can't believe Ethan is 9 years old! Ethan arrived home from school and was suprised by a large sign and balloons in the front yard. He was so excited to see that I was making his request of a space rocket cake come true (blue and red with a monkey or dog in the window) because everyone knows a monkey and dog were the first life forms sent into space. Only Ethan would want to be so specific and acurate. His love of science shows up in every part of his childhood.
He was so excited to recieve the book he requested-Fablehaven and since that was the only thing he said he wanted- I had to come up with somethingelse. A 9 year old shouldn't just get a book for thier Birthday. So after a trip to Toys R Us and searching the science section, I decided on the eye clopse. I'm so glad I got this toy. It is so cool! For those of you who do not know about this thing- it is like a microscope that hooks up to your tv and magnifies anything you can find onto the tv screen. We started out with stuffed animals and hair and Ethan tried my arm-Which is never allowed again for the finding was a very small mole made very big and ugly on our tv. Yuck! The best thing was a couple of spiders I found but Ethan caught. Jocelyn and I couldn't even watch the tv-two hairy legs were all you could see. It's been a lot of fun. He had a great day- his choice of dinner-Little Caesars pizza, renting his own movie,cake, and presents. The only thing missing was Ben who was at his annual ForeverGreen convention. We didn't see much of Ben that week. Ethan didn't seem to mind too much although he wants to go to the movies with Ben since "Dad missed my birthday and I missed him".