Ivan Speaks

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The key to who is speaking:
i is for Ivan
e is for his big sister, Ezri
A for his mom, Amanda
E for his dad, Eric

Here is a collection of Ivan quotables:

“I can’t walk so much longer.” This is his common tired plea to be carried.

e: More cake please. Just a tad more.
i: I would like a tad too. Tad too, PLEASE!
(It sounded like he was asking for a tattoo which only made it funnier.)

Speaking about Eric’s new guitar.
i: What color is it?
E: black.
i: How black?
E: As black as my soul.
i: What soul?
E: Touche.

i: I want more pizza.
A: We are all done. No more pizza.
i: Daddy, I want more pizza.
E: No more pizza, Ivan.
i: Ezri, I want more pizza.
(As if his big sister had the power to provide pizza. She wishes.)

“Kool-aid is good, but water is gooder.” Ivan now likes lemonade, but has always turned down most beverages that are not H2O.

Ivan does not like bright sunshine. He often says, “It’s too sunny” and then does not want to exit the car or the building into the sunshine. That’s the context for this quote, “I like trees. Sun makes sunshine. Tree makes shade.”

Playing with the superheroes in the day following Ivan’s stomach illness.
i (speaking as his batman action figure): My tummy hurts. Catwoman, I need a hug.
e (speaking as catwoman): I’m sorry, Batman. I am much too busy with my motorcycle right now.

First Ivan wanted green cake for his birthday, now it’s “Green cake with green frosting with green candle. And lemonade.” His sister asked if the lemonade should be green. Ivan said simply, “Lemonade is yellow.” He also wants to go somewhere special for his birthday like “the library and Dunkin Donuts.”

This week Dad turned 37 and Grandma Liz turned 70. Ivan gets cake!

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Ivan sang along to our happy birthday song.  He also really liked banging on the piano and shaking his “Me- racas” which is Ivan-speak for “my maracas.”  Grandpa Harvey played songs for him on the piano and his response at the end of each was either, “more” or “again.”  He got plenty of encores.  Ivan was very excited about the tricycle the grandparents had in their garage on our visit though he lacks the coordination for either steering or pedaling consistently.  He got a good push around on the trike.

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Ivan thinks birthday cake is good.

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His dad does too.

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Hanging with grandma, big sister and assorted objects.  Liz is wearing the necklaces the kids crafted for her.

Snuggling with his Grandma Tam

We just returned from a great visit west to Aunt Amy’s wedding in Washington/Oregon and to visit Tam and Mark in Montana. Now the whole house is napping after two long travel days – one by car through some very pretty mountains and one by plane.

Here’s Ivan snuggling with Grandma Tam in “The Bungalow” at the Chico resort and hot springs.  Yes, Ivan, we all know you are number one and almost one year old at that.