Ethan-isms

Ethan is officially 23 months old so I thought I'd take a minute to write about some of the things he does that are so funny!

• When he tries to say his name, it comes out sounding like C.C.
• Doesn't quite get the concept of pictures and tries to grab the people out of the pictures - he gets very upset when he can't do it!
• Wakes up in the morning saying, "Jenny...are you?" (where are you?) He calls me Jenny when he's really trying to get my attention
  
• Loves trucks, cars, baseball, hats
• Loves READING about trucks, balls, boats, Barney, animals, etc.
• Loves to play "chase" - basically Blake or I will chase him around a dividing wall in circles - he could literally do this for hours if we didn't pass out from exhaustion!
• Reverses some of his letters, e.g. snow becomes nose
• Loves to take baths - has had some infamous "doodie" incidents in the tub
• Loves watching Thomas the Train, Barney (of course), Bob the Builder
• Favorite foods: Macaroni and cheese, toast, oatmeal, bananas, ravioli, cheesy tater tots (courtesy of Burger King), yogurt, cheese, apple juice, fish sticks, mandarin oranges, grapes and chocolate; still hates milk!
• Claps his hands and shouts "Yay!" after each hymn in sacrament meeting
• Still addicted to his "baba juice" - don't know how I'm going to break him from that one
• First thing in the morning, hands me my pants and sweatshirt and says "Dressed!"
• Has started cupping his hand and saying "cweer" - a.k.a - Come here
• Can count to 10 (but gets stuck on 7 quite often)
• Knows all the basic shapes (triangle, square, circle, heart, star & rectangle)
• Loves: The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Popcorn Popping, Patty Cake, & The Wheels on the Bus
• Can make the animal sounds for just about all the animals - my favorite is the duck because he uses his little hand to make a duck beak while he quacks - so cute!
• Loves to help mommy with household chores: sorting laundry, scrubbing the floor, sweeping, throwing diapers away, etc.
  
• Has had some interesting incidents recently: 1) he climbed up on the conveyer belt at the grocery store when I wasn't looking; 2) successfully chucked his Thomas train at mommy's head (ouch!); 3) freaked out while sitting on "Tanta's" lap; 4) dumped a container of strawberries all over the grocery store floor - he followed that up by dumping all his goldfish on the floor a few aisles later; and 5) got sprayed all over his shirt, face and hands with mustard yellow doodies by a nearby child getting his diaper changed at church - poor little guy!

Needless to say, it's always an adventure with this little guy. He keeps us busy and laughing every day. We sure love him!