First off, no pics from this weekend. Ethan came down with another horrible cold with 102 temps, so we spent most of the weekend just hanging out and keeping Ethan pumped full of tylenol/motrin. Ugh, i hate these colds!! Unfortunately we had some friends and their 2 young kids over Saturday night for a playdate/dinner and Ethan was just not even interested in playing with the kids, which bummed me out!
Lots of people talk about how kids thrive on routine and as much as I've read, it totally hit home last night. Dave and I were doing Ethan's night time routine and he surprised me with how much he remembers what we do! Of course, he was still under the weather, but when we were playing in his room after his bath I told him it was time to pick up to go to bed. He proceeded to repeat 'pick up' and he picked every single one of his books up and put it on the shelf! While he did that, I went to his crib and got his blanket out and put it on my shoulder because he likes to lay on it while we rock. As I went to get his blanket, he went over to his cd player and hit the play button, pulled down on his shade one last time and then came right up to me with his hands up in the air to pick him up! Now, I asked Dave if he ever showed Ethan where the play button was and he hasn't and neither have I! I'm sure he's caught on through pushing enough buttons, but he honestly got it on the first try!! I don't know, the whole exercise just amazed me, personally! :) After all this, we then give Daddy a kiss so he can go study and Ethan helps shut his bedroom door and shut off the light and lays right down on my shoulder! Such a good little boy!
Other things Ethan is doing these days...
*Grandpa is of course starting his karate lessons off right away and Ethan knows 'kick' (sounds kind of like 'geek') but he picks up his knee and says it at the same time! He's even done this while laying down on the changing table - he'll just blurt out 'kick' and raise his leg. We'll just have to make sure he doesn't use his kicks to hurt anyone. :)
*He likes to help put stuff away in the fridge these days. If he's done drinking we hand him his cup and lift him up to put it back in the fridge. Today he actually helped me put food away too. I put his leftover grilled cheese in a baggie and gave it to him and had him help me put it away. Such a little helper!
That's all for now...hopefully we'll have some pictures from Valentine's weekend with a healthier little boy!
1 comment:
That's my helpful nephew! And actually, if he starts to see any form of martial art now, regardless of whether or not he does it, he'll have the ability to do it VERY well in his lifetime. Indeed most any such thing he can observe, he's predisposed to being REALLY (hard to emphasize how much of an effect this can have) good at it. Anyway, that's your fun fact for the day. Capital E, as always, stay awesome buddy!
~Uncle Adam
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