We decorated for Christmas before we left for a Yakima Thanksgiving. Ethan and I were getting out the nativity and I was explaining each piece and its importance. I showed him the donkey and told him Mary and Joseph rode on it. I also said there were other animals present at the Savior's birth and I showed him the camel. Ethan exclaimed, "A DINOSAUR!!!" I guess camels do kind of look like dinosaurs - anyway, I thought this was hilarious.'
Some other funny things Ethan does: He rides his bike everywhere in the house. Sometimes he'll yell, "Ready, Set, Go" from his room and he'll bike out to the family room and crash into the couch. The back wheels always raise off the ground a few inches when he crashes. If I tell Ethan to go get a pair of pants, he'll hop on his ride.
He's very safety conscious. He always has to have his seatbelt on, especially in a grocery cart.
The kid loves milk - it fills him, nourishes him, and consoles him.
He frequently tells me he wants Santa Claus to bring him Percy and James, and I tell him he has to be good. He also thinks every day should be his birthday complete with a birthday party.
He loves school and asks to go every day - but alas, it's only open on Tues/Thurs. He can't quite understand this. At school, he rides a trike round and round the gym during gym time.
Like all children, he hates to take time to go potty.
He loves to learn. He has loved letters since he turned two; he treats letters like his friends. He loves to learn the names/places of all the United States. He is also really likes learning how to read - right now he's into reading street and store signs like O-P-E-N.
He loves to tell stories, which consist of a few "and thens" and such. The stories are always based on events that occurred a few minutes/hours previous and they're short. They always end with, "That was funny."
Last Christmas Ethan was infatuated with Christmas trees, it still hasn't changed. You can see the magic of Christmas in his eyes.
Around the time Ethan turned ONE he self-fabricated a little hole on the corner of his favorite blue blanket - blankie. Since then, Ethan's pointer finger frequently resides poked through the hole during naps and sleep. His other friends are Girafie, Lightning McQueen Blankie, George, and chicken. He commonly needs all of them.
If you tell Ethan to give you a thumbs up, he'll undoubtedly give you a pointer finger up. He still hasn't quite figured out the thumb.
If I can think of anything else, I'll let you all know!
