25 Random things about my Bear Cub...

Here are just some random things about life with Bear Cub!  I don't have a "definite" post for the day, so I thought I'd share these little tid-bits.  Enjoy!

1.  BC loves to hear stories about himself when he was a baby in Russia.  He likes to retell them to us and we always ooh-and-ahh over them.  

2.  Trains are his latest love.  He is especially into Thomas the Tank Engine.  Oh boy!  We have to check out a new DVD of it every week at the library...

3. BC can not say the sounds for these letters:  G, K, F and sometimes L.  If you know what is his first name is, then you know that he can not totally say his name correctly!  Yet...we're working on it!

4.  He now asks for "one more tiss and one more hug" as we are saying good night and leaving his room at night.  I'm always happy to give him another hug and kiss!  :)

5.  He needs to be the spokes-toddler for "Baby Vicks Vapor Rub" cream.  I bought this for him a long time ago when he was really congested.  He now asks for "cream on chest" every night.  No worries...he only gets the tiniest of smudges, but it makes him happy!

6.  He loves babies.  Funny, because when we first brought him home, he could not stand to see younger babies.  But now, he loves to talk to them and touch them oh-so-gently.  He is very sweet!

7.  He had to be fed first in Russia (so we were told) because he could not stand to see the others get fed before him.  I can believe this.  When the boy wants something, he wants it NOW.

8.  He thinks certain words are hysterical.  The latest is the word, "Poof!"

9.  He can sing songs and carry the real tune.  It is so adorable!  He is a bit shy about it, but he will quietly sing and look for applause when he's done.  He gets it, that's for sure!  Tonight at the table, his song was "Where is Thumbkin?"  He did great!

10.  He has the sweetest, saddest face when he starts to cry.  It's hard to describe, but his little face just crumbles and it is heartbreaking.

11.  He consistently says, "No, thank you," when he does not want something.  We are working hard on the "Please" part of his good manners.

12.  He has been on a waiting list for our local church preschool since last May.  Registration is next month and I've been told he has a great chance of getting into the the 3-year-old program!

13.  BC listens and pays CLOSE attention to stories and books.  We check out all kinds of genres, which all seem to hold his interest!  

14.  He is easily frustrated when it comes to putting things together or getting things to work.  Kind of like the food thing I talked about before...he wants things NOW.  We're working on patience.  :)

15.  He has the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen.  In Russia, his eyes were so sad.   Looking back at photos, it's hard to recognize those eyes because he looks out of them in such a different way now.  

16.  He likes to brush his teeth while I sing different variations of the "ABC song."  It keeps him going!

17.  He is a creative thinker and has an imagination like no other!  He can make ANYTHING into a vehicle...complete with sound effects and all!

18.  He runs VERY FAST.  So much so that it can be hard to catch up with him!

19.  He loves fruit snacks of any kind.  He also loves cheese.  I try to cut him off at 2 cheese sticks a day.  He seriously would eat the whole bag in a day if I'd let him!

20.  He happily takes his liquid vitamins each morning.  These drops smell like the health store, GNC, in a bottle.  Nasty!  But when it comes to taking yummy-flavored Motrin or Tylenol...you'd think I was poisoning him!  So strange!

21.  He loves his Daddy and will out of the blue say things like, "Daddy went to work.  Want Daddy!" with that sad look of his.  They are buddies.

22.  BC loves all of his grandparents and the rest of our family, too.  He can identify his cousins, aunts/uncles, and grandparents in pictures.  I know for sure he loves to be loved and he KNOWS that these people love him dearly.  

23.  He loves Disney and all the rides we go on!  I once had a student in my second grade class that only talked about roller coasters and the rides at the theme parks.  Every Monday morning, I had to gear myself up to hear about it because I knew he would have gone to some theme park over the weekend.  So now... my own son is becoming this boy!!  :)  I hope his future teachers will listen happily to his roller coaster stories as I did for that little guy in my class.  

24.  When you ask BC what he wants to be when he grows up, he'll either say "Fire chief" or "astronaut."  Either would be fantastic!

25.  He is an animal lover.  He loves going to the zoo and always seemed to focus in one type of animal on each visit.  He then proceeds to pretend to be that animal for weeks and even months following the trip.  The most recent...Meerkats.  I still have to call out sometimes, "Come in, Meerkat!" to get him inside.  He also was looking for Meerkat tunnels in the sand trap out on the golf course this evening.  Do you think he found any??  :)

Have a fantastic weekend!  We are off to visit our good friends and Little Miss tomorrow and then possibly, heading to Epcot on Sunday.  We'll see about that.  More monorail stories coming soon!  :)