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November 27, 2006
Infinity
On the way back from Carmel on Saturday, Ethan amused himself the whole way by making up songs. (Jeff got tired of it, actually, but I encouraged him to just let Ethan be as long as he was content.) He made up a song all about infinity.
"Infinity... bigger than a googol! Infinity... bigger than a googol! You can't count to a googol, it's impossible! Infinity! In-in-infinity-ty-ty!"
Ethan and Nicholas had a good time together. They went to the park, played with many toys, and then helped Dave make pancakes in the morning.
We had a good time earlier in the week, too. I missed Ethan and Jeff when it was just Linna and I, though I have to say we fit a lot better in whatever bed we were sleeping in without Jeff and Big Boy E. We had another comically awful night at Erika's, not quite as bad as when Jeff tried to sleep in Ethan's sleeping bag on the floor, not realizing that it was actually a kid-sized sleeping bag. This time I ended up sleeping on the floor for a bit, and that was OK.
Anyway, we took down the wallpaper in Erika and Mike's bathroom (small payback for when they helped remove yards and yards of it from our house). Ethan helped. While Erika and I cooked for Thanksgiving, Jeff and Ethan spent a lot of time in the patio at Tulip, playing Monopoly in Russian, since that's the only version there was there. They also played Word Mastermind. And, more age-appropriately, Strawberry Shortcake in Strawberryland or some such thing. Jeff bought chess last week, so that's Ethan's new favorite -- unfortunately, I had never played before. I'm not much into it but I guess I'll learn to like it. My first game? Ethan won, but Jeff helped him so I don't feel too bad.
Can I just slip in a quick yay for Martha? She's great. Great with Ethan and Linna, great to have around, just great in general. Her daughter Sara and her boyfriend stayed at our house over Thanksgiving, which was also nice, even though we didn't get to see them. I like the sense of an expanded family.
Posted by ktingey at November 27, 2006 04:24 PM