Your adorableness continues to grow with no clear signs of stopping. At this rate, I will have to fend off people who want to study you and learn about your uncanny ability to make people do your bidding.
The following are your current adorable actions and statements (displayed here on the internet for all to see!)
- During a recent bout of tummy troubles, we watched a lot of TV together. In that time, you came to love watching Caillou, Barney and, for some reason, Superman. Now, whenever we even look towards the stairs to the basement, you walk to the gate and exclaim, "KayoooBawnee!"
- Whenever a plane flies overhead or I suggest something is high up in the sky, you exclaim, "SupaNAN!" In fact, all I need to do is flex my muscles or stand with my hands on my hips and you shout "S'pa'NAN!" Then I pick you up and swing you around...cause there's NOTHING cooler than having your kid call you "Superman."
- When we are eating something you like (but when you are aware that we are not planning to give you any), you look me or your mother dead in the eye, sloooowly nod your head and say, "yep, pleaage, yep." You will also likely be rubbing your chest in the sign for "please." It's nearly impossible to resist your Jedi mind powers of persuasion. The Force is strong with you.
- If by some miraculous success of will we are able to resist your mind tricks, you become upset. It's at these times that your Napoleonic heritage shows itself as you lose all patience and insist that we give you your desire. You thrust your hands out as if commanding your armies to storm our defenses and take the sought item (usually a portion of pizza, chocolate, or some other item we won't feed you).
- Often, you will simply announce your intentions to leave the yard and walk down the street. You will do this by locating one of us in the yard and get our attention by waving and saying, "bye bye." When we allow you to escape, you will invariably begin walking south along the sidewalk and USUALLY with your hands clasped behind your back as if you are inspecting the cut of our neighbor's lawns. I think you are actually practicing to inspect your future troops.
- You love the absolute cheesiest pop music (and that's saying a lot coming from me...I like a lot of fromage). You often command me to show you Justin Bieber videos on my tablet computer. You dance with your little index fingers in the air when Katy Perry comes on the radio. You shake your butt when someone plays Lady Gaga. I can't even blame MTV for these traits...they seem to have come pre-installed.
- You like to sit on low stoops. Maybe at the playground, maybe on the steps out front. But when you do, the first thing you do is issue a command for Mommy to sit on one side and Daddy to sit on the other. When we obey, you immediately smile and then get up to walk around some more.
- While there are millions of other adorable actions, statements, and habits, I think my favorite is when you first wake up in the morning and see us. You blink your big blue eyes and whisper, "Hi MommyDaddy."
I love you
S'Pa'DAD
