Mr. Eefers.

I am feeling very sad today. You see, it's been a few weeks now since I've seen my Ethan. And I love that boy. For those of you not privileged to know of whom I speak, Ethan is my nephew and I am love him to bits and pieces. He's Evan's sister's son and he's very far away in Illinois. :(

So, this blog is all about him to make me feel better. :)

Ethan is a basketball guro. Someday we will be rushing to make his championship games, because I kid you not, the boy has mad skillz. (He made the shot pictured below!)

Look at this face? How do you not absolutely love this face?!
He's kind of gangsta, but isn't every fair skinned, red head? With goggles?
He's so onery. Look at him, he's going to make Kyle and Matt grey earlier than Papa was grey!
He has lots of friends, and often has them over for meals.
He is in love with Elisabeth. He calls her B and really misses her. He knows B is a fan of Star Wars and is so proud of his own Star Wars shirt and still knows that popcorn=Friday nights watching Star Wars.

I love this smile!

He was not quite sure of Julia when she came. I mean, he already had the perfect cousin (B), so who's this girl trying to make a place in his world? At times, he would deem Juju (what he named her) unworthy and push her down and proclaim, "Baby down." But soon, after many days of being forced to play with her while his mommy and Ginia (that'd be me!) at work and Debbie watched both of them, he learned to love Juju (just not as much as B).
He's such an angel when he's sleeping (right, Kyle?)
See, pure onery! But, notice he's checking out the paper, probably for when the next basketball game is playing. He demands basketball (sports page) while eating his breakfast (not kidding!).

I miss my Mr. Eefers.

How we have fun on cold days in March

Ahh...spring. Since March did provide a few spring-ish days, Elisabeth was able to enjoy her new gift from Pepaw...a scooter! And being the good Pepaw that he is, he even remembered how insanely safe Evan and I are and provided Ebeth with a new set of knee and elbow pads and a new helmet (since hers are in storage in Colorado). Don't worry, Ebeth's head is so big, that helmet is for ages 8+ and fit my own head just fine. (I'd make fun of her more, but she totally gets that from the Macfarlane side...sigh) Elisabeth was very excited and about her new set of wheels and, since it was kind of warm out, was able to practice.

Proud scooter owner.

She is so mine...look how lopsided she is. No balance whatever.

I love how she looks so sk8ter-y!


While Ebeth was practicing her mad scootering skills, Julala was inside helping Memaw with her Avon phone calls.
"What is this tail on your phone? It's so 'antique-y'. No one else I know still has a wall phone like this. It tastes divine!"
"Um, Memaw, you have about 5 seconds to get off that phone and get me some real food."



Last week, Julia and I decided to visit Ethan at the arena while he played with other children in the tot area. For one dollar, your child is able to roam the rainbow padded room and play with all the equipment. Now, while my child is completely immobile, Ethan had tons of fun. He even paused long enough to share a snack with Julia.
Julia was receiving her own snack, but decided she liked the looks of Ethan's more.
Look at him look at me for help. So cute. Too bad I was taking pictures and wasn't able to save him. (Just kidding, I continued to feed my fat, fat baby her own snack)
"Here, Ethan, let me help you take off your socks. You don't need them on."
"Thanks, Juju. Now I'll take yours off."
"Wow. We both have enormous feet for our ages."
Julia flapping her sock in the air like a pompom.
Eating Ethan's diaper that was being used to clean his nose. I did not get that information until after I let her suck on it. Thanks, Memaw.
Ethan trampolining.
Seriously, look how big his feet are!
Debbie helping Ethan on the balance beam. Isn't he so cute? I love that red-headed boy!!!

In other news, Evan has safely arrived in Washington DC where he will be hanging out until Saturday with his Air Force Jag schoolmates. (It's like a field trip paid for by taxpayers instead of fundraisers!!!)