We had the great privilege of spending Friday night and all day Saturday in Shreveport with Uncle Ed, Aunt Glo, Brandon, Amber, and their litter of kids (also known as Uncle B, Aunt Amber - they are our cousins). Leading up to heading over there, I was telling Keltan he would get to see Whit and Isaac (Brandon's 2 oldest boys). A sample of the conversation:
Me: "Do you want to see Whit and Isaac?"
Keltan: "YES!"
Me: "How about Uncle B?"
Keltan: "No, not him."
Me: "How about Aunt Amber?"
Keltan: "No, I don't want to see Aunt Amber either."
Me: "How about Drew?"
Keltan: "No, not him."
Me: "How about Laurie?"
Keltan: "No, not him either" (Laurie is a she)
Me: "Aunt Glo?"
Keltan: "No, not him either."
Me: "Uncle Ed?"
Keltan: "No, I just want to see Whit and Isaac. I want to chase them and grab their shirts and go 'BOO!'"
We got over there about 9:30 Friday night, and everybody except Uncle B was in bed. Of course, our little pumpkin wouldn't have anything to do with him, and we went off to bed. Keltan was tired, since it was way past his bedtime, and he started fussing. Not wanting to wake the entire house, I took him out to the garage. I turned on the light, and there were Mosquito Hawks flying everywhere! Keltan was nervous about all those bugs flying around. I opened up a lawn chair, sat him in it, and asked if he saw all the bugs. "Yes." "If you don't stop crying, I am going to make you sleep out here with the bugs." He never made another peep the rest of the night! I guess sometimes it pays to be a meanie!
Saturday, Brandon and I went in to meet his nephew, Zach, to play some basketball. We found out that Uncle Ed took Whit, Isaac, and Keltan all to Bossier City to a McDonald's with an indoor playground! Keltan ran up the steps, down the slide, over and over and over. By the time we left, he decided he liked Uncle Ed, and had a great time with him.
Tonight (Sunday), we got him ready for bed, and were ready to have him say his night-night prayer. Typically, he sits in Inga's lap on the footstool, and I sit in the rocker, and he says his prayer. Tonight, he jumped in the rocker and said he wanted to sit there. So, I told him I was going to sit on his lap. And I did. And he said his prayer! It was a fun moment before bedtime.
He is really growing up into a little boy. This makes us sad to lose our little baby, but we are having fun watching him grow up. He loves to go to his little friends' birthday parties. He loves to see Luke, Emma, Rachael in Sunday School class. He loves watching Go Diego Go, Dora, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and has learned quite a lot from those shows. He thoroughly enjoys playing a matching game with cards, and typically wins against whoever he plays. (Of course, we play by his rules). He is increasingly eating more meat (he has never been a fan of meat), and does really good eating vegetables - he likes cabbage, salads, and even spinach!
We are getting close to having the upstairs completed. I have been telling him all along that he is getting a new bedroom upstairs. He is very excited about having a new room. We are nervous about him being upstairs, worried he will stumble down them at night, so tonight Inga asked him if he wanted to move upstairs or stay downstairs. He emphatically said he wanted to sleep upstairs!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
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