The Biznards: Our Little Graduate

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Our Little Graduate

Ethan is officially done with preschool - Congratulations Ethan!

I won't even go into my feelings on how my baby is growing up too fast. Ok so maybe I will - I can't believe my BABY is almost a full fledged kindergartner. I already imagine myself driving home crying the first day of school. Its actually not the kindergarten part that scares me as much as he'll be in 1st grade the year after that, which means he'll be gone ALL DAY. That's the scary part. Maybe I'm thinking too far ahead but really, this whole moving into kindergarten thing has been quite a transition for me. Tell me its not that bad.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:28:00 AM
Leah said...: Oh Wendy I cried and cried when I dropped off my oldest for kindergarten, I thought it would be easier the next year when I tok my twins. It wasn't, and first grade it's a long day. But, they love it and that makes it ok. Good Luck!; Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:36:00 AM
kami @ nobiggie.net said...: Congrats Ethan! On to preschool - Waaaa. ;); Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:52:00 AM
Moreau's said...: I thought that having them in preschool, made the whole transition to kindergarten way easier! However, it is always hard if they don't like to go, so if he cries, you better take a box of kleenex for you. But, if he goes willingly, and happily, you will feel better. It is a big step, but look at how happy he is at school. Sooo cute!
p.s. who do you look like?; Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:21:00 AM
The Barney's said...: Ethan is growing up so fast and looking so happy about it!! Hopefully he'll love kindergarten like Katelyn. That will def. make things easier. But the 1st day to school is always the hardest and so is seeing them step onto the school bus for the 1st time. I cant believe Logan is also going into kindergarten!!; Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:46:00 AM
Nances said...: Wow...I can't believe he is that old either. I'll remember him mostly at the age of wandering around our apartment and asking for croutons and eating enough that he'd have garlic breath forever! He's such a cute sweet boy that I am sure you will cry leaving him in kindergarten. I am already stressing about it and it's still a few years away.; Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:37:00 PM
Paige said...: I cried a lot of kindergarten, but by the end of the year you are so excited for first grade because the 3 hours of kindergarten is SOOO short! Hope you get a new baby by first grade because who wants to go back to work???; Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:35:00 PM
Ben and Kimberly McEvoy said...: Kindergarten is good, you get a routine, a daily routine and they get to go off and have fun and learn and grow. and then you guys get to talk all about it at lunch. I tried to focus on how wonderful it is that my Madisen was getting her own life. Making her own friends not just the kids of our friends or kids in her church class. She is able to have her own experiences and come home and tell us and teach us. Like you I am not so excited for 1st grade. She is so young (in my mind) I am scared for her, and it is hard to let them go.
Plus when ethan is nice and if the adoption goes well you will have special time to get to know all about your new baby. congrats ethan, and good luck

Kim; Friday, May 30, 2008 8:06:00 AM
Starnes fam said...: I am freaking out about 1st grade already as well! I guess we have one year of kindergarden to get used to the idea. YIKES!; Sunday, June 01, 2008 7:30:00 PM
Laura Smith said...: So fun to read your family blog!!!I especially love your fun Ethan quotes worth repeating. I might just need to "steal" that idea!
Thanks for sharing!!
PS. I actually think that sending them off to 1st grade is the real tear jerker because they are gone ALL day long and I miss them terribly!!!!!!; Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:59:00 PM
Abby said...: I would try to talk reason to you, but I'm the girl that was panicking last night over the thought of Cubby turning 4 (when I was looking at a 2009 calendar) He's not even 3 yet...deep breaths. It is going by so fast it hurts sometimes.; Sunday, June 01, 2008 10:58:00 PM
Blog Bling said...: From one adoptive mom to another, BLOG BLING is happy to help you be as eye catching as possible! Pay us a visit - and best of luck with your waiting period!!; Monday, June 02, 2008 12:00:00 AM
The Crazy Heads said...: Hey Wendy, I'm glad I found your blog. Do you know if Ethan will be in morning or afternoon? We requested morning. I can't believe it either.; Monday, June 09, 2008 9:56:00 AM
Emma Jo said...: I'll admit I DID cry the first day of Haley's kindergarten but then it just got fun because she loved it so much. He is such a cute kid...a teacher's favorite to be sure!; Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:28:00 PM
jociemw said...: Kindergarten isn't as hard as 1st grade, so don't stress too much this year. The hard part about 1st grade is that they get SO tired going to school all day long. Sophie would come home crying and tell me how she missed me and wished she was still in kindergarten so her school days could be shorter. SAD. Just make sure Ethan has a good teacher that you are happy to leave him with, that makes all the difference :)

CONGRATS on the adoption thing! I can't wait for you guys to have a new sweet little person!; Friday, June 13, 2008 12:47:00 PM

Ethan & Gavin Quotes Worth Repeating:

The best is when Gavin tells me, "You're my best mom!" And when he comes out from his nap and says, "Mom, I still love you." (I love the "still" part - I'm just glad his feelings didn't change during his nap).

This morning Gavin saw the medicine cups on the counter and said he needed medicine. Since he's not sick, I said, "You don't need medicine, you're not sick." He goes all whiny, "but I am sick! I'm sick of cereal." (January 6, 2015)

Today I shared half of my cookie with Gavin, he very politely replied when I handed it to him, "Thanks mom! Good job sharing!" (Sept 20, 2014)

This was told to me by my neighbor while Gavin was at her house playing with her daughter, Emma.
Emma tells Gavin, "I have a bum."
Gavin: "I think I have a bum too."
All the while looking behind them trying to get a peak at their own bums. I love conversations between three year olds! (Sept, 2014)

I was talking to Ethan about my on t.v. interview the next day. He was a little nervous I'd embarass him and goes, "Mom, I really don't want you to make a fool of this family!" (July 11,2013)

On Friday we took Ethan and 5 of his friends somewhere for his birthday. We borrowed my brother's car since its big and it could fit all of us. When we all got in the car the boys were saying how the owner of the car must be rich because the car was so big. They were informed that the car belonged to Ethan's uncle. They were still in awe of how rich he must be when Ethan exclaimed, "He's a redhead, of course he's rich!" Hmm...if only I were a redhead. (January 14, 2011)

Ethan gave Tito a little kiss on the head. After he kissed him he was wiping Tito's head off and said, "I'm wiping the wetness off, but the love's still there." So profound. (October 10, 2010)

My sis-in-law Mel and I took our kids to a pool to swim pretty far from our house. They'd been in the car probably for about 30-45 min. I hear Ethan in the backseat ask his fellow cousins, "Are you guys having fun? I'm having fun just talking!" (October 7, 2010)

One morning as Ethan was requesting some breakfast, he said, "Hey, you're kind of like my servant!" He was quite pleased with that discovery. (May, 2010)

At dinner Ethan says to Chad, "Dad, how do you eat in like two seconds?!"

Chad: "Cause I'm a pig."

Ethan: "Pigs don't eat THAT fast!" (March 4, 2010)

Ethan Quote Archives

My Mom was telling Ethan about how she remembers her 1st grade teacher. She paused for a moment to think of her teacher's name and Ethan took the opportunity to whisper in her ear and inform her, "She's probably dead." (January 26, 2010)

Ethan, analizing why the spider was crawling on his leg the other night. "I don't think that spider was TRYING to poison me." (December 18, 2009)

"My friend want to write Santa to tell him what he wants. I want to write Santa to thank him for all that he does." (December, 2009)

From the backseat Ethan says, "I have my pinky in my nose. I'm not picking it, it just kin of feels good!" I looked back and sure enough, his pinky was in his nose. And in all honesty, he's really not a nose picker so I know it wasn't just an excuse. (August 14, 2009)

Chad and I were talking about how my sister-in-law, Mel is going to be the president of Ethan's old preschool. Ethan must have missed the "preschool" part and he goes: "What!? Mel's going to be president? Its not going to be Barack Obama anymore?" (August 9, 2009)

While Ethan was coming home from school with my friend Cathy and her two boys, apparently her two year old was being really loud and Ethan says, "I always wanted a sibling, but I didn't know they could be so anooying!" (May, 2009)

While we were at the park with one of Ethan's friends and his mom, Ethan's friend realized he lost one of the toys that he brought. As he and his mom started frantically looking for it, Ethan quietly, yet knowingly says to me, "And that why I don't bring toys to the park." (March, 2009)

During church Ethan plugs his ears and says, "I don't want to listen anymore."
Me: "Why?"
Ethan: "Because I don't want my eardrums to run out of hearing." (3/15/2009)

Ethan and I were looking through a book about bodies and we were talking about kidneys and where they are located in the body.

Me: (Pointing to the small of his back) "So this is where your kidneys are."
Ethan: "So does that mean you have adultneys?"
Get it? Adult-neys? He's got kid-neys, so I should have adult-neys right? And he wasn't kidding. (1/20/2009)

Me: "Ethan, do you love Tido?"
Ethan: "Yeah, I love him...The only thing I don't like about him is that his butt is always in your face." (1/5/2009)

As we were talking about going to Costco and getting some lunch, Ethan exclaims, "I just love Costco food! Its just so good! We should get their recipe and their autograph!" (1/2/2009)

I'm a little more familiar with the area where we live than Chad is, so sometimes I have to tell him where to turn while driving. One day while I was telling him where to turn left and right, from the backseat Ethan says, "Mom, stop bossing dad around!" (a while ago, 2008)

Aunt Courtney asked Ethan what his favorite part of kindergarten is, he replied, "going home." (9/1/2008)

Ethan: Dad, when you got married did you have a wedding cake?
Chad: Yes I did.
Ethan: Why didn't you save any for me?...Well, its ok cause I guess you didn't really know about me then. (8/12/2008)

While putting Ethan to bed tonight he told me, "You're the sweetest parents I ever had." (6/11/2008)

The other day we were at the store and there was a shirt that Ethan wanted that we didn't buy for him. The next day while he was getting dressed he comes up to me and says, "Mom, I'll give you a choice, either you buy me that shirt or I won't wear any clothes tomorrow." (6/8/2008)

Today during testimony meeting Ethan says to Chad,
"Oh gosh, why does everyone have to say the church is true?"

Tonight as Ethan and I were sipping out hot cocoa, I asked him if it ever made him sad that he didn't have any brothers or sisters. He replied, "No, I have a good life."

While driving in the car I was telling Ethan how he was going to play with his good friend Hayden the next day. Ethan hesitates, "Well. . .I was going to do some research tomorrow." "Oh really, well what are you going to research?" "Oh, I was going to do some research on my mission." (3/13/08)

One Sunday during the Sacrament Ethan whispers to me:
"I can't think of Jesus, I can only think of Superheroes."

"I want to be a cow so I can poop in a field."

"When adults tickle kids they pee a little bit."

Ethan: I want a new mom.
Me: Well that makes me sad that you would say that. Why do you want a new mom?"
Ethan: Because you're so old.

Me: "Ethan, I'm so glad you're my son."
Ethan: "Don't talk about son, child, married, or pregnant. That makes me nervous."

As Ethan was looking at Courtney's parakeet and the bird was looking back at him with just one of his eyes, cause that's just how birds look, Ethan demanded, "Look at me with both eyes bird!"

Today while driving in the snow Ethan asked me if snow is white. I told him that it is and he said, "Oh good because I was worried that I be blind color (aka color blind)."