Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Ethan's 11

Sons are a heritage from the Lord,
Children a reward from Him.
Psalm 127:3
For his birthday, Ethan said he wanted to be woken up with our traditional “Happy Birthday” singing and then receive his gift. Because Ethan sleeps like a log, we had to sing our birthday rendition twice as he slept right through it the first time! I had to literally shake him awake as we sang again. =)

He wanted a DS console gadget and a game which was way more than what we would usually spend on a birthday gift so all our sons (plus Ethan!) contributed. It was his only gift from all of us but he was as happy as a lark when he got it. Twice over the week-end, he wanted the day to be his birthday celebration. I know it was because he wanted to get his birthday gift ahead of time. In the end, because of the week-end being so busy, we weren’t able to designate another day as his birthday but it worked out well.

In the evening, we ate at his favourite restaurant, “Swiss Chalet,” and he no longer chose from the Kid’s Menu but ordered a half rack of ribs all for himself. That is a huge order as even Eric and I (Linda) only ordered 1/3 rack of ribs. He’s definitely grown up and is no longer our little one.

Our Ethan is still kind, athletic, sociable, likeable, and endearing at eleven years old. We are blessed to have him as part of our family. He has done amazingly well in our adjustments here in Toronto this year and made good friends. We praise God for Ethan. Thank you, Lord.


- - - - - - * Ethan with cousins, young aunts, and Evan's friend, Ben. * - - -

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