Saturday, May 30, 2009

Eric's Birthday



So our little Eric turned 2 a couple of weeks ago. It is hard to believe. He has turned into quite a little man. He's taking his 2's very seriously. His fit intensity has increased, his demands have become louder and more frequent, and the phrase, "no mama" is commonly heard coming out of his cute, cherubic mouth. We were outside playing with the neighbors and Eric was having a hard time sharing his truck. Well the neighbor girl asked what Eric's problem was. I tried explaining to her that he is still learning how to share, and how it's a hard lesson to learn...blah, blah, blah. Then Andrew pipes up and says, "He's 2." I thought that was probably the best, most succinct answer possible.





There are some very wonderful things about this age too. Eric is talking more and more everyday, interacting more with Andrew, and grasping more concepts. The other day Andrew was telling Knock Knock jokes, so Eric decided that he would to. Here are a couple that he came up with.
"Knock knock.
Who's there?
Boo.
Boo who? (wild laughter by Eric)"
"Knock knock.
Who's there?
Scoop.
Scoop who?
Scoop Bob. (laughter)"
This joke is referencing Eric favorite show Bob the Builder. His two favorite characters are Bob and Scoop. In fact as soon as he wakes up in the morning he says "Scoop Bob."




Andrew and Eric are getting so cute with each other. Whenever one of them gets hurt, the other one comes over and gives him a big hug. It's extra cute because while Eric is quite a bit shorter then Andrew, their heads are the same size. I don't know why but for some reason that makes it more adorable when they hug.

Eric's favorite things right now are cars and trucks. He plays with them all the time. He has named our two cars "blue car" and "black car". If we go a day without getting to ride in the car, he starts going through withdrawals. The other day Reed and I were getting ready for bed and we heard Eric call out "Blue car" in his sleep. It was totally awesome!

Anyway...we love you Eric. We are so glad you came to our family. You are wonderful!

3 comments:

Meredith said...

I'm glad you came, too Eric! You're the cutest little sweetie pie in the world! Except all my other nieces and nephews, of course. Happy birthday!

Mom at Our House said...

Happy Birthday little dude.

I love the knock, knock jokes! When he said "scoop, bob" I thought to my self, Like on Bob the Builder. So I totally got the joke :)I guess it comes from having kids the same age as yours.

Kristen Wilde said...

Dreaming about cars - so cute!