Uh-Oh

Ethan is a character! Richard and I were fortunate (or maybe unfortunate) enough to be woken up this morning at around 1am by the jibber-jabber of the little man. He followed the early morning "talk" with repeating "uh-oh" - one right after the other - for a couple of minutes. Richard made a comment that Ethan probably realized he was up way too early and that's why he was saying the phrase.

His new desk

The kid just can't have enough "toys". I wanted to purchase him a desk and chair so that he can sit down and practice his coloring techniques. Unfortunately, the new furniture has not found a proper home and the desk has already been "tested" with his big, fat crayons I also got for him. Luckily the crayons are washable. (The things they come up with nowadays!) He's already used the seat of one of our dining room chairs as a canvas. What have I got myself into?!?!? Oh, but to see how giddy he was when he first laid eyes on the paper and crayons I placed in his desk, it may just be worth it. So far, every day when we get home from daycare, he goes right over to his desk and starts coloring. Now if only I can muster enough courage to let him start finger painting! Oh brother! Of course, he might just be the next Picasso and you'll be able to see his work of art in a nearby gallery.

Ethan Tired?

Well, some days the little guy just gets a little tired. On those days he finds the nearest pillow and just lays down on it. This time around, however, he decided that Kumiko would serve as his pillow. Whether or not Kumiko enjoys this, or not, is hard to say. Perhaps she's thinking "geez kid, could you get off my back!" Then again, maybe she thinks it's a good way to hide from Saki, so she can jump her when Saki least expects it? In any case, Ethan clearly felt that Kumiko was a nice soft place to lay down. Of course, just when you least expect it...


TADA!!!!!

He surprises you! Yeah, he was just playing like he was sleeping, so that he could lure you in and scare the *beep* out of you! Scared you, didn't he?

My Family artwork

What can I say, the boy's got talent. However, I was a little confused when I first saw his artwork after picking him up this evening from daycare. But the more I look at it, I think I can almost picture Richard - the big blob in the middle of the page. Unfortunately, I just don't see myself in any of this. :) Okay, maybe we are all there including the dogs, but we'll never know.

Ethan's not feeling well

I had to pick him up early yesterday from daycare. They called and said he wasn't feeling well. He had thrown up a couple of times before I got there and said that if he wasn't sleeping then he was crying. He apparently caught some type of bug. He laid on the couch in his diaper the whole evening yesterday and today he was doing much of the same. He seems to be getting his strength back and is starting to play with his toys.

PreK1

It's official...Ethan is growing up. He started in his new classroom 3 August, which was actually the first day of school in Hillsborough County. Some of the goals for PreK1 are speaking 1-3 letter words, speaking Spanish, running, dancing, jumping (which I've already taught him how to do this a few weeks ago, unfortunately his feet don't leave the floor - he just bends his knees and moves up and down - but what can you say, he's only 17 months old!), connect beads, counting 1-5, shape recognition, and naming/recognizing his body parts (he knows where his nose, and mine, is and he definitely knows where his private part is but he just doesn't know the name of it). As you can see from the picture, he is ready to start his new day.