Kindy Art
Ethan is loving the family portrait at the moment, he is also working hard on his sewing – yes Bush, they let pre-schoolers use a REAL needle to do this! This one is fab, it is a maths / art combo as they …
Every minute of Ethan’s life
Our only child who is thriving at kindergarten, soccer and swimming. He loves life on the farm in Auckland and is crazy about animals, plants, writing stories about the dogs in our extended family and wrestling with his Daddy.
Ethan and his mates
Driving to the playground yesterday Ethan was telling me about his day at kindy; Ethan: “I put my arm around Sinead and patted her on the back ’cause she is my bestest friend” Me: “That was so sweet, I bet you made her very happy” Ethan: …
Swimming Certificate
Ethan has moved up a level at swimming and is now swimming a whole length of the pool! He was exhausted today as he was the only one in his class so worked super hard for the whole lesson.
The Only Goal
I took this as Ethan was roaring up the field to score The Wizards only goal this week. He was so focused, check out his little tongue poking out, those defenders were hot on his heels but Ethan smoked them. MVP again!
Writers Prompt – Little Kid List
Writers Workshop from Mama Kat This week my little-big kid * told me I wasn’t to call him baby, babe or bubby any more. Acceptable names are, mousey, mouseling, rabby, bub, melunkin (?sp?) and ratbum * ate half of a family size pizza in …
Project 365 * Day 17: Rainbow Shark
It may appear to be celebrating the diversity of gay sharks, but this picture Ethan coloured today is pretty big news in the Jack house. Ethan doesn’t ‘do’ arty creative colouring like this. He is a man of science, and prior to this sharks have …
Project 365 * Day 14: Ethan's Hand Puppet
Ethan is actually participating in the art projects at his new kindy! It’s amazing, the stuff he brings home is super cute as well. He does some creative stuff at home, but usually it’s of the punitive variety. He just wrote his Daddy two speeding …
Project 365 * Day 12: Make-up Application 101
It was very quiet in the house, never a good sign when both Bush and Ethan are home. They were busy, doing their make-up. Ethan declaring that he has NEVER done this before (well, actually son you did do it when you were 2. Don’t …