Sick Again?!

Yep. The sweet cheerful boy is sick again. I hear that this is "normal" and "very typical" for a two year old who goes to daycare, but in my opinion, this just stinks. We are robbing Ethan of prime sledding and snowman-building weather since he has had a runny nose/watery eyes/cough/stomach bug for the last 10 days to 2 weeks. Brian and I have shared Ethan's joyful bug(s), putting all of us in just super duper moods. (Actually, as usual, Ethan has a better attitude about being sick than the rest of us...)



We've tried to stay creative in the midst of being a little homebound. The above video was the way we tried to help the little boy get used to his brand new sled. When he was healthy for a day, we tried to get him out in our backyard to ride on it, and he refused about a million times. Apparently he didn't have enough friends on the sled riding with him. :)

Conversations with Ethan

A few of these snippets may have been overheard at the Jones/Jewett household recently:

Alexis: Ethan, do you want some oatmeal for breakfast?
Ethan: No.
Alexis: Banana?
Ethan: No.
Alexis: Muffin?
Ethan: Nooooooo!!!!
Alexis: Teddy Grahams?
Ethan: No. (Sees the bears.) Yeah.
Alexis: How many bears? Two or three?
Ethan: See.
Alexis: Ok! One, two, three. Three bears!
Ethan: Nooooo! Moe beers! (Cries a little until he gets moe beers.)
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Alexis: Ethan, we are NOT watching any more Santa. (An Elmo Christmas movie with Kevin James as the groovy Santa at the end)
Ethan: Babies? (As in Baby Einstein)
Alexis: No more babies.
Ethan: Da da? (Baby Charlotte)
Alexis: No, we already watched some Baby Charlotte today.
Ethan: Tay-ta? (Santa)
Alexis: No, honey, we're all done with Santa. We'll watch Santa later.
Ethan: (thinks) One. (holds up one finger)
Alexis: One what?
Ethan: One. Tay-ta. All done!
Alexis: OK, Ethan, we'll watch Santa one more time and then we're all done.
Ethan: (smiles and jumps on the couch)
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For those of you who don't have kids or whose kids are older, I know this might seem like the most boring thing in the entire world. But for Brian and me, this is just amazing. Honestly. We are actually communicating with our kid. We are also getting ourselves talked into more snacks and more tv, but I can live with that for a little while. :)