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Ethan's Birthday

It's hard to believe, but on Sunday we celebrated Ethan's 1st birthday! We had a small, but long-distance, party for him. Grannie Annie flew into town for the occasion and Kim, Maddy and Oskar came over from next door. Then we had Nana and Granddad (celebrating his 66th birthday with Ethan) and Grandma Christy and Uncle Spencer on the video conference.




Wishing Granddad a Happy Birthday!
This is the next best thing to having them here with us.








Singing Happy Birthday to Ethan (and Granddad).







Jack was a great help for Ethan -- blowing out his candles and helping him unwrap his presents.

The year started out rough, but has been one of our best years yet!
















Jack is really into Sid the Science Kid on PBS (from Jim Henson Productions) and has been asking for a magnifying glass so he can do some science projects. I found one for him the other day and he has spent hours looking at everything through it!



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Jason Houghton said…
I love that Jack is totally into the magnifying glass! I remember totally being into that too when I was his age. Too much fun. He's so thoughtful and inquisitive!

Ethan's birthday looked like a lot of fun! He sure has a huge smile on his face in the first picture of him with Nana and Grandad on the video!

-Jason H.
January 30, 2009 at 12:45 PM
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