Ivan's First Post.

hi my name is ivan i love sports.

I almost forgot...

...to post this picture. Sure, Christmas has come and gone, but if you haven't seen this photo of my little guy decorating our Christmas tree, you really need to:

Konichiwa!

Tonight Ivan and I went to Wegman's, the local grocery store. We ate dinner in their take-out area, and Ivan picked out a pair of chopsticks to eat with (i.e., play with). They had some writing on them, and Ivan asked, "what does that say, Mommy?"

"I don't know, it's something in another language," I said. "Maybe it says Wegman's!" "Well, maybe... I think it might be something in Japanese." Ivan asked, "like what?" "I don't know," I said, "I don't speak any Japanese."

"Konichiwa!" Ivan replied.

Um... Ok, then!

Is he trying to tell me something?

Yesterday as Ivan and I were walking back from town, he picked a bright orange berry off of a bush.

Me: Don’t eat that.
Ivan: Why?
Me: Because it could be poisonous!

(Pause).

Ivan, holding up the berry: Want one?

Ivan on the Presidential Debate

Me: Hey Ivan, guess who's on TV tonight? The guys running for president - Barack Obama and John McCain. Should we watch?

Ivan: No, I already saw that show.

Me: They're on again - it's different, they're on right now. Do you want to watch?

Ivan: No! I already saw that show! I've seen it already. I don't want to watch again.

Eyes for Computers

More Ivan. We were reading one of his favorite books last night, called Honey in a Hive. It is about honey bees and how they live, breed, build hives, and make honey. Last night Ivan was looking closely at one of the illustrations of a bee, and he asked, “Mommy, why their eyes look different?” I asked if he meant that their eyes look different from ours as people. He said yes. I explained to him that bees do different things and have a different purpose from people, and that their eyes are different for that reason – so that they can see what they need to see, and do what they need to do.

Ivan said, “Bees have eyes to see honey, not to look at the computer!”

Like people.

Ivan's Monologue

From today:

"Mom, you're not a weirdo. You're not any kind of weird, you are beautiful - you're beautiful because I love you. I'm going to marry you when I'm a daddy, and I will bring you flowers for your garden."