my week with Ethan

So, Ethan is tucked away safely on a plane that is hopefully devoid of pedophiles or terrorists, on his way back to the loving arms of Dave and Becky. We had a very fun week. Monday we went to Dallas World Aquarium, where there were approximately three elementary schools having a field trip, so that was nerve wracking. Also, Linda had asked to go with us, and of course as soon as mom found out Linda was going, she wanted to go. But then Linda cancelled, and mom being high maintainence like she is, Lawrence ended up taking care of her the whole time. But it's all good. Afterward we went to The Purple Cow, which of course, is always good. Purple milk shakes are the best!

Tuesday, Ethan's Grandpa Bill wanted to take Ethan out, so he came and got him and they went to the Movie Tavern to watch Ice Age 2. (It's been so long since I wrote my last post, I can't remember what I put in it, so if I'm repeating, I apologize.) He came back home with two sacks full of gifts, the spin art kit in the above picture being one of them.


Wednesday, Ethan went to class with me and afterward we went to Lawrence's house. Here's a picture of Lawrence for anyone who hasn't met him yet. Ok, so he's a goober, but he's my goober, and I find him strangely endearing for some reason. (And yes, the glasses are definitely going away ASAP.)

We made doughnuts and watched Fantastic Four, but, as you can see, Lawrence and Ethan found time to play.


They had quite the time as a matter of fact. Lawrence said he thinks he might need to employ a chiropractor when Ethan is back down here full time.

Thursday, Ethan went to spend the night with Grandma Linda, and Lawrence took me to see Phantom of the Opera. (His sister bought him the tickets for Christmas, he wasn't being a jerk by buying tickets for when Ethan's here. It was an unavoidable coincidence.) So I finished making the dress that I'd planned on wearing, which you see here. Obviously it looks better on me. I was thinking about having mom take a picture of me in it when my hair and makeup was all done, but we were running late, so I decided against. Not one, but TWO complete strangers told me how great my dress was! Wowza! I was shocked and slightly embarrassed, but in a good way. Phantom was great! I really enjoyed it. It was better than Cats. I'm going to see it again and again. (Not really-that was a quote. It was better than Cats, though. But it would almost have to be, really.) The music from Phantom is still stuck in my head.

Friday, we went to Six Flags! Yippee! It's the happiest place on Earth, providing you can be happy waiting in hour long lines all day! We bought the picture they took of us on the way in. I had tons of fun, even though Ethan was a whiney baby about riding rides. Seriously, how did I birth such a momma's boy? Sigh. I have decided I will not be taking Ethan back there till he's older, because he seriously harshes my buzz. We still had fun though. He really enjoyed the bumper cars and the Judge Roy Scream. He declared the Flashback to be "wicked" and really liked the Batman. How'd we end up riding the bumper cars, you might ask? Well, Ethan wanted to, and when I pronounced them lame, he said, "Mom, we've ridden every ride you've wanted to, and now I think you should ride one ride I want to ride." How can you argue with that? By the end of the day we were tired, sweaty, and ready for a good night's sleep.

Saturday, Ethan made this pie that he told us he knew how to make (which was delicious-it's the pie recipe found on the label for the oreo cookie pie crust.) and then Josh, Ethan, and I got together and went to Grapevine Mills. We had Cinnabon and pretzels. Yummy! Good times.

And that brings us, of course, to today, Easter Sunday. The Easter Bunny forgot to get candy. Whoops. He got a little, but decided to hold off on the main portion until closer to the day, but then he thought he had already taken care of it and when he opened the sack realized he hadn't. D'oh. So Ethan had to make due with a little candy and two books. It's ok though, because all four grandparents have been stuffing him with Easter candy all week, so the Easter Bunny doesn't feel too bad about the situation. And now this post is done. I've gotta put dishes away and go back to work tomorrow. Yuck. Why must I toil so endlessly? Is there no mercy in this world?!? Hopefully Ethan will be happy again back there despite the fact that he says he wants to come back home and will miss me. I guess he won't be spending another year up there, at least if he has any say in it. Between fast food, funnel cakes, purple milkshakes, doughnuts, pretzels, candy, etc, I think I've seriously put on some weight, but I've been too scared to weigh myself. Oh well, back to the real world tomorrow.