The Wedding Dancer

We recently attended my brother's wedding.

Initially, my grandmother had to pay Ethan $5 for him to dance after my mother turned down his financial proposal. However, that $5 seems to have tripped his dance circuit because he danced non-stop the rest of the evening. Here are just a few select clips:

Tripping The Dad Fantastic

On Saturday, Ethan had his final 1st/2nd grade youth basketball game of the season. They made it "fancy" by having it in the afternoon, rather than the morning. They did player introductions using spotlights while the big lights were out. They had a "real" referee. The teams had chairs for the bench instead of sitting on the stage.

Ethan was much more active than he usually is during the game. I think he's finally getting the feel for moving around and trying to get the ball. He made baskets on two back-to-back possessions. I think those are the first he's made since the first game of the season. I believe his 3 baskets tops my 0 baskets during my one basketball season as a 6th grader. It was really exciting to see him make some plays, as you can see in this video:



We were also lucky to have Ethan's Great-Grandpa Morrison be able to see him play. Grandpa was in Homer (where he spent most of his life) visiting for the weekend, so he couldn't miss a visit to the Homer Old Gym!

ESRB - Teen

Last year, we were big fans of Guitar Hero III (Wii). Ethan tore through that game in a couple of months. To date, I believe he's almost beat the game in "hard" mode. I found it mildly disturbing when he was singing some of the songs: Miss Murder, Talk Dirty to Me. Of course his favorite, School's Out, was just amusing. His interest (and singing) slowly waned.

Like any good American family, we currently love Guitar Hero World Tour. Of course, Ethan is the biggest and most talented fan. Although, as an actual drummer, I think I've finally made a breakthrough as Ethan hasn't wanted to play drums on our co-op career all week as we near the end of the game. Now, the ESRB Teen rating has reared its ugly head this week with Dammit, and the Sex Pistols. I see the worst one coming just around the corner - Hot For Teacher (which I'm actually quite excited to play on the drums).

In a couple more years (after he starts attending public school), we'll probably just have to cut him off cold from these offensive games. That's the only sensible solution!



This video has some amusing clips of Ethan the Guitar Hero (a true Legend of Rock) near the end. For those expecting their first child, this video could be considered obscene.