It is easy to make Ivan happy.
Let him take two pool noodles into the yard and blow bubbles at him. He will run around whacking at bubbles for as long as you will blow them. Let him help load woodchips into the wheelbarrow with his shovel. Let him be first to wash to his hands before dinner.

It is easy to make Ivan unhappy.
Let him get into the cab of a large piece of construction equipment at the park district’s “Big Wheely Truck” event, but then try to remove him before he has gotten to touch all the buttons and levers because there is a line of small persons waiting their turns. It took both parents to remove him and he wailed for the next 15 minutes. Eventually back home he was put in time out and stripped himself naked and curled up in his bed and passed out. Nap improved his disposition greatly. Other smaller ways to make him unhappy today included informing him there will be no dessert unless he bathes and reading his story after his sister’s story pick of the evening.

Ivan did a great job waiting in lines for his turn to climb into vehicles.

He wanted to touch every button and lever in the cab. He then wanted to make certain he could not hit the gas pedal and hold the steering wheel at the same time. As he asked what each button was for, I was reminded of the mechanical curiousness of his father.

Ezri just liked to hold the wheel and feel tall.

There were big wheels at the event. This is the wheel of the vehicle Ivan did not want to leave.