Never a dull moment

Funny Things Will Does:

Each morning he puts in his contacts. He grabs my case, take one lid off, sticks his finger in, then pretends to put something in his eye. Then he takes the other lid off and does the same thing.


He started saying "Amen" very distinctly a couple months ago. And when I say distinctly, I mean as if we were part of a Southern Baptist church. We knew the day was coming that he would say it in church. A few weeks ago, right after the Sacrament prayer, everyone was treated to a hearty "Aaaa-men!" from our row. I had to duck my head, but I was definitely smiling.


We've found that one of the best ways to keep Will occupied in church is by reading his books. That also brings the problem that he likes to narrate what's happening in the pictures. Last week I took Ethan to the mother's lounge, and Anthony pulled out a book. So in the middle of someone's talk, Will points to the book and says, "A duck! Quack, quack, quack!" Actually, it's more like, "Fuack, Fuack, Fuack." He knows how to whisper, but we haven't gotten through to him on when we need to whisper.



He has to have as many stuffed animals as possible when he goes to bed, so by the time you're done, he can barely get his arms around them. He also has to make each animal's sound. He's pretty good with all their names, although horses are still sheep, sheep are shoes, and cats are tacs. Then in the morning, he picks a couple animals to play with that day, takes them to top of the stairs, and throws them down. He screams, "Aaaah!" for each one as they tumble down the stairs. It's a little disconcerting.



There is a brown and green plane right outside our gate onto base. Will always called it something, but we couldn't figure out what it was. Now we think he's been saying "tato," his word for potato. Then he changed it to "tuttle" (turtle). We were at a friend's house and they had a small turtle in an aquarium, so I think that's where he got it. But I said it wasn't a turtle, it was a plane. So now, even for his stuffed turtle, he says, "No tuttle, a plane."



He took the empty scoop from Ethan's formula, and he stuck the handle in his mouth, so it looked like he was smoking a miniature pipe. He even would grab the bowl and hold it and gesture just like you would expect an old man to hold a pipe.



Daddy is now "Dadoo," and if he's feeling especially silly, everything ends in "oo." He asked for "crackoos" the other day.



Funny Things Ethan Does:

When he thinks something is funny, he starts laughing through his nose, making this funny face and sniffing really hard. It's almost as if he's trying to develop a snort.


As long as he thinks I'm not paying attention, he can play by himself for a very long time. But as soon as he catches me looking at him, he immediately starts crying and fussing. He was on the floor the other evening, playing happily, until Anthony said, "Ethan." He turned around, saw us, and immediately, "Wah!"


He learned how to pull himself up using a full laundry basket. He grabbed onto one end, started pulling himself up, and suddenly he was standing up with an astonished look as if he wasn't sure what he was doing. We don't think he was quite ready because almost as soon as he was up, he toppled onto his side. Before long we're going to have a walker!