Ethan Davis Reports on What He Did This Summer

My sister Sara travelled to St. Louis, Mo., for some business a few weeks ago and was able to bring her nine-month-old son with because Gramma Pat and Kris had agreed to watch him during Sara's two-day absence. So Ethan is our guest blogger for this entry on how his stay with Great Gramma and Great Aunt went.

Mom and I got to spend a whole week at Gramma and Aunt Kris’ house in Illinois, which is very far away from my house. Gramma and Aunt Kris took great care of me while mom had to go and visit some colleges. They fed me yummy food, which I liked to share with Syndey (Sophie was afraid of me . . . I think because I’m small and crawl along the ground, and oh so unpredictable. Anyway, poor thing wouldn’t come near me! Probably best, you never know what I might do with a furry thing that’s just about my size!)

I crawled and crawled all over the place. Gramma and Aunt Kris bought several toys for me to play with. They bought me a Blues Clues Karaoke machine, which is how I learned the mail song, which Aunt Kris and Mom really like to sing together! Gramma and Aunt Kris also bought me a Sesame Street walker that was perfect for me, I used it on the porch in front of the house and on the patio out back – it is very versatile you know. But I still don’t know where Sesame Street is yet.

Aunt Kris took Mom and me to the YMCA where she works. I got to swim in her swimming pool! Aunt Kris got in and swam with me too! If Mom can figure out how to upload the video, I can show you a video of me swimming, well, almost swimming. I can’t leave out the best part, Gramma and Aunt Kris taught me how to do Patty-cake. I still don’t do it on command yet, but I definitely learned to clap my hands there. Mom is trying to see if we can come back out to visit in December. I’ll be MUCH older then.