Ivan broke this chair by sitting in it funny and tumbling it backwards.
He is fixing the detached back with alot of scotch tape.
It is now more of a stool with non-functional, decorative back.
Ivan would like a “neverending roll of tape. So I can fix the whole world!”
This artwork is “Brown Baby Heads.” It is inspired by a Kandinsky painting. Unlike his sister Ivan tells me he is not an artist, but he enjoys making art.
Some recent utterances:
Dancing, taking pictures and eating food give me ENERGY!
i: Can I be Santa Claus this Christmas?
A: What would you do if you were Santa?
i: Dress up like Santa and wrap your presents and not tell you what is in them.
Did you know I’m trained to be a ninja?
Do you know why I called Eric a genius? Because he can roll a burrito.
Upon seeing me bring out the vacuum, “Are we going to have company?”
No, kid, I am just vacuuming to ya’know clean the floor. I don’t only vacuum for company, do I?
Ivan is starting to get irregular past verbs.
bringed is becoming brought
sayed is becoming said
goed is becoming went
I know it had to happen, but he sounds so grown up with his proper forms.
“What does V look like again?”
Ivan can recognize and type all the letters in his name except the V, but if you flash him the peace sign he can then find the V.
Go, Ivan.
They are cute when they are begging.
We all watched It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in the meeting room. Ezri had Jason’s lap and Ivan had mine.
Then the hunt was on.
Tiny plastic pumpkins and monsters were hidden all over the three floors of the Clarendon Hills Library.
Ezri spotted this one near the magazines.
Here’s a pumpkin waiting to be found.
Ivan found a yellow monster by the check out desk.
Here’s Ivan looking through the contents of his finds. He got a lot of tootsie rolls in those pumpkins!
Ivan’s preschool teacher sends home letter writing practice sheets. He is thrilled to have homework just like his sister.
Here he is practicing writing his letters by puffing against the glass and writing in the condensation. It’s a perk of the chilly weather.
Ivan made art with purple leaves and orange pumpkins.
Ivan found the old stash of pull-ups and decided to use one as a hat. It’s been a long time since he was wearing these at night. Probably time to clean out the closet and let them go despite their possible application as headgear.
Ivan was excited that it was school picture day and he wanted to practice.
Here are his practice poses.
Cooler weather brings the possibility of cocoa which Ivan likes to drink like soup.
Here Spongebob is early in the eating.
And much later.
Also, it was windy and the wind styled Ivan’s hair for a tousled look.
I know it looks like a kid eating blueberries, but I’ve been assured otherwise.
