Imagination Running Wild

Ethan has a very active imagination. If you've ever known any 3-year olds, this might be familiar to you.

Today a couple of funny things have happened:

1. He was lying on the couch (something that I was doing this morning) and told me he wasn't taking a rest but was just thinking. When I asked what he was thinking about he said, "Forts and TV shows."

2. Ethan and I were building forts out of couch cushions this morning. It's one of Ethan's favorite things to do.

3. During nap time, Ethan was lying in bed and pulled the covers over his head so the Evil Emperor Zerg couldn't kill his head. Then he put his hands out to see if Zerg would kill his hands. Then he put his feet out to see if Zerg would kill his feet. He pulled his feet back in saying, "No, I need those to walk."

4. He was captivated while watching an episode of Vroom Riders. Is that out on DVD yet. ;)

What a fun, funny little boy.

Growing Up Digital

Scene: Dad is in the kitchen making dinner. Ethan is helping him. Mom is in the office taking a little break.

Ethan: Dad, I need to go get you some emails.
Ethan runs off to the office. Dad chuckles and plans this blog post.

Ethan runs back into the kitchen with his fist closed like he's holding something.
Ethan: Dad, I brought you some good emails.

On Notice

http://shipbrook.com/onnotice

You Have to Admit Your Cat's Dead

The Office, and the current story arc, is very funny.

Web 2.0 Saved My Marriage

In the good old days

Mia and I were talking about people that used to be in our ward here in Boston "back when we were single."

Of course, what my cute wife meant was before we had kids.

So much to say

I have been gathering a number of stories about Ethan over the last week. He just does so much that is cute and worth writing about. I'm not sure if I'll get everything that I've been thinking of but I'll try.

He was trying to take his own shirt off and really wanted to do it himself.

"Show me how you do that trick," I said.
"I can do it," he said trying to get his arm out of one of his sleeves.
"show me how you do it, and I promise you, I promise that I'll run with you at the park," I said.

That's just a silly example of me listening to my iPod too much as well. :)

Ethan has also gotten very good at climbing up a set of metal (with rubber around them) circles that he can climb up to get on the playground. Then he slides down 'the big slide'. And, he'll keep making that circuit over and over. It's nice because we get a break from running around with him all the time.

Another thing that has been fun for me this week is that Ethan keeps wanting to go to work with me. It's probably because he's been waking up around 5:30-5:45 and then we fall back asleep on the couch until like 7AM (at least I do, sometimes Ethan stays awake and watches TV). So, after having that much time together in the mornings, he's always sad when I have to leave the house. So, this week, he's been asking to get dressed, put on his shoes, and drive in the car with me to work.

And, then, when I get home from work, he's been either sitting on the porch waiting for me (with Mia) or runs to the door when I get home, yelling about how excited he is that I'm home. That really makes my day.

And, one final note about the boy. Part of our bedtime routine now includes talking with him about his day. I wait until he's already in bed so that I have his attention. He can be pretty coherent about what he did during the day. I love hearing about his many adventures and what he thinks is worth talking about.

So, that's all that I have for now. I'll try to keep posting more frequently.

Lions

Ethan has a very active imagination. We were watching Mulan yesterday and afterwards he wanted to get his pirate sword and fight the bad guys. Later that night, as I was putting him to bed, he talked to me about how he, mom, and I were all going to fight bad guys. And he was a little bit scared, so I told him that bad guys couldn't come into his room because we closed the door.

We have also been pretending to be lions and bears the last few days. It's something that Mia likes because Ethan drops his voice an octave. Rather than screaming a high-pitched scream and running around the house, he growls.

But, I'm not going to be able to explain it as well as this video. Which, for any of you tech-geeks, was uploaded to Google Video instead of YouTube this time.

And I shall call him...

[09:36] xxxxxxx: You shall now be know as 'Blog-Boy'
[09:36] xxxxxxx: My Big Blogging Brother
[09:38] xxxxxxx: Mr. Bo Bloggitty
[09:38] johan5000: hahahah
[09:38] xxxxxxx: Bling Blang Blog Bladdah Bloo Bloo

Names removed to keep someone from feeling really, really embarrassed. ;)

Juggling Cups

Ethan is such a smart little guy. On a whim I decided to juggle some of his plastic cups before dinner. He thought it was great, and after we ate dinner he started saying that he wanted to juggle cups. I couldn't understand him at first because I had no idea that he would have already picked up on juggling.

So anyway, without any more waiting, here he is.