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March 18, 2006

Swimming

Today I went to Mt. Scott Community pool with Ethan for the first time today - he's gone with Jeff a few times. It was lots of fun, though tiring. They have a river and a whirlpool that are particularly exciting. What made it really nice was that Ethan just has a blast, giggling and laughing and screaming.

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March 14, 2006

Alpha dog

The last few mornings Ethan has given Teddy his food. At Jeff's suggestion, he first tells Teddy to lie down. Teddy doesn't lie down on the first try, but once Ethan says it firmly enough - "DOWN, Teddy!" - he'll do it. Then Ethan says, "OK!" and Teddy goes to eat his food.

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March 06, 2006

Rockets!

A month or so ago at the park, Jeff ran into a family shooting off model rockets with their 4-year-old. This made him nostalgic, so he unearthed his and Dave's old model rockets from the basement, and they've been on the dining room table ever since. He also bought one new rocket for Ethan, and some new engines, and a few weeks ago they launched rockets for the first time.

Ethan was very excited. First they used an "A" engine, then a "B" engine, and finally a "C" engine. With the C engine, the rocket (Ethan's) went out of sight, then floated back down into a tree. The whole thing was observed by a gaggle of ten-year-old boys at Little League tryouts. They were apparently completely distracted by the rocket-launching, and counted down with Ethan. Jeff took a little movie of the countdown and launch, and after the launch there's a loud chorus of juvenile cheers from the audience. I think Ethan really enjoyed that. When the rocket got stuck in the tree, some of the boys tried to get it down by throwing things at it, to no avail. So Jeff and Ethan came home and got some long poles, then went back and got it, only slightly the worse for wear.

This weekend they went again, and Will and Anna came too. Anna pushed the button for the second rocket. Will found it a little scary because of the smoke, and didn't want to launch one. Afterwards, Anna said, "Jeff, I don't think the rockets are fun AT ALL," before running off to the playground.

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March 04, 2006

Crate, Teddy

Last night at bedtime Ethan was out in the living room with Teddy. Jeff heard Ethan say, "No, Teddy. NO, Teddy." about something, with the same warning intonation that we use. Then he said, "Crate, Teddy. Come on, Teddy, crate," which is what we say to get him to go into his crate. And Teddy went! Ah, I sense increased doggy responsibility coming for Ethan...

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