Wednesday: Starting Burton Under 5's

Ethan had his first day at preschool today. He loved it but needs to learn to sit patiently during roll call , story and snacktime. All of this will come in time. This Friday will be his first time without me from 9-11:30am. I'm actually looking forward to the time for myself or for household chores. I'm more worried for the carers as Ethan has a tendency to have tantrums sometimes but that could be just for my benefit. Ethan has been bursting with new phrases and he is constantly asking me "Are you?" His way of saying "What is it?" Maybe he means "What are you?" Other Ethan speak includes: - Adam: "Can I Kick it? Ethan: Yes you can! (As in the famous pop song by a A Tribe Called Quest) - If Adam, Ethan or I have an ow-ee, then Ethan will say "Kiss" then go "Mwah" and say "All better now" He also does this when he purposely hits me. Then hits me again straight afterwards. For some reason, he won't say sorry. - While driving through the countryside, often we are assailed by what Adam calls a "Fresh smell." Ya the fresh smell of cow/sheep poop which fertilizes the fields. In anycase, Ethan has picked up from me "Peee yu.. Cow poo poo!" but what was really great was that this afternoon, he added "Cow poo, change nappy cow." I tried to explain that cows don't wear nappies but he kept asking me to change the cow's nappy. Hilarious! - In the morning, he'll come into our room, and yell "Mommy WAKE UP!" or "Daddy WAKE UP" and "Go downstairs please." Then there are times, when I sleep beside him in his room and he gets out of his sleeping bag and sits on me and jumps up and down until I have to wake up. Funny and cruel at the same time.