Ethanisms

Quotes from Ethan

1. "Let's turn on moomix."

Translation- moomix=music. Ethan loves classical music, Raffi, Greg & Steve, and especially Enya. His favorite song is Enya's Only If... He sings along but instead of singing "Only if you want to" he sings "Only if one, two". He loves numbers!

2. "129 quidgets" Or some random number "quidgets"

How do I explain this? Well, as I said Ethan loves numbers. He counts backwards from 100 and counts perfectly up to 100 or so. Then, the counting by singles gets old so he counts by 100's. He has a movie that teaches addition and subtraction and they use quidgets, or little blocks, to show the math. He also refers to our house as 16 home.

3. "Mommy you tired, you need a nap?"

Yes would be my answer, but Ethan takes a good nap maybe once a week and then stays up until midnight. A nap sounds nice indeed.

4. "Good job daddy, you're so great! You did it!"

We just adore his praise!

5. "Ava, get back here. Ava, you have to hold hands. Ava don't make a mess. Ava, be quiet. Ava, go to time-out. Ava, get in bed, now! One, two, three..."

Ethan really watches out for his little sister, or should I say he annoyingly bosses his sister.

6. "Ava, you're sweet sister. Willum you my brother. Give me hugs."

He loves his siblings. He's especially cute when he apologizes to them and gives them hugs and kisses. He grabs their head and plants a big one on the forehead.

7. "Where's Bawoo?"

Bawoo is Ethan's blue minky blanket. He is concerned about Bawoo on laundry day (Bawoo's bath time), and very worried about him getting too hot in the dryer.

8. "Ethan needs chocolate!"

He usually says this over and over at the store. He must have my genes. The german chocolate here only exacerbates the addiction.

Ethan just goes and goes and goes, and is often a challenge to say the least, but we wouldn't have him any other way. He certainly keeps our lives interesting.