Anatomy

It's been a while now (this occured in the first half of 2009), but one day Ade discovered the anatomical disparity that separates him from his mommy. Mom and Ade talked about the differences, using anatomically correct language. Later that day, when Daddy came home from work, the following unfolded...

Mom: "Ade, tell Daddy what you learned today. What do you have, that Mommy doesn't have?"

Ade: "A brain?"

New Format

Well, if you're a follower of this blog (all 2 of you), you'll know I haven't posted an update in a long while. It's not because there hasn't been anything to say, but because...well I've got no good excuse.

Anyway, the new format of Adamernest.blogspot.com will be to highlihgt 1 quote per day of from Ade. Either a conversation he had, or statement he made that was funny, poignant, or otherwise noteworthy. As we go along this journey together, I'll post pictures to accompany the quips.

If you're a Facebook friend of Ade's Daddy, some of the quotes will probably be recycled from Facebook updates, but I will attempt to keep the quotes fresh whenever possible.

Now I'm going to go create the first quote post. Peace - Adam

When I was a little baby...

Greetings!

Just wanted to pass along some interesting things Ade said recently. Perhaps it's only interesting from a Parent's perspective, but he's not yet three years old so I think some of the things he comes up with are hilarious:

As the title suggests, he's told me a few stories this week that start with: "When I was a little baby..." I have to laugh because he isn't very big.

Just today I told him he was nuts, he said: "I'm not nuts, I'm crazy!" Indubitably.

Ade was sick this weekend, he told his Mama: "My bones hurt." Poor little guy :(

If you ask him to tell you a story, it will probably start with: "A long long time ago..." and then it will include details of what he has done that day such as had waffles for breakfast, then go play out in the backyard etc.

Quite an amazing little creation, our little Adam Ernest, I thank God for him everyday.

Easter and Gilbert House Fun

Easter Activities:



The weekend after Easter we went to Gilbert House with Oma & Opa. Funny story: We had some free passes we've been waiting for a nice weekend to use. They were about to expire, and the weather was good so we went on Saturday. When we got there, it was free admission day. We had fun:



Ade had his Mommy flatten his playdoh, then he took his playdoh knife and made these cuts. Then he told her "It's a glove...a basebal glove." It's abstract, but you can see it. Our little sculptor :)

Gratuitous Bubble Blowing Pic:

Gender differences

I had to share this:

Yesterday Ade and I turned on the TV and flipped through the channels for a minute. We came to the Lawrence Welk show where a slightly flamboyant pianist was playing a slightly flamboyant classical piece. I stopped for a minute, and we enjoyed the music.

Ade asked me: "Is that a Mommy, or a Daddy?"

We watched for another minute, it was obvious (to me) that it was a male, then I said "I don't know, what do you think?"

The camera panned around to show the man's face more clearly.

Ade: "I think that's a Daddy..."

Very interesting....

Peace.

I don't remember her.

Howdy.

A few updates on everything. One of Ade's favorite new things is "Playing Elmo" on the computer, as in playing with the little interactive games on the sesame street web site. If you've never played: YOU...ARE...MISSING...OUT. Just ask Ade. There's all kinds of fun stuff, like sorting animals at the vet, to making crazy hats, to finding rhyming words. Whoo-hoo! Ade took to using the computer mouse in about 1 minutes, he's a pro now.

Michelle and I are shopping for houses. It's an interesting process; in general we try to find a sitter for Ade because he's a distraction to the process. Today, he was coming along and I told him we were going to go see another house with Yolanda, our realtor. He said: "I don't remember her." And he would know, he remembers the craziest details.

Regarding his memory: The other day I told him I was excited about going gold mining with him summer.

Ade: And eat an apple.
Me: I guess we could bring some apples.
Ade: And a sandwich.
Me: Sure, why not.
Ade: And throw rocks in the water, with Oma and Opa.

This is the point where I realize he remembers the only gold mining trip he's been on, which was with his Oma and Opa, we had apples and sandwiches and he threw rocks into the water all day. So anyway, his memory good.

Peace.

I'm not a booty, I'm a booger.

Ade's still as busy (if not busier) than ever. He keeps us so busy we don't have time to post anything here of import, but here are some videos to enjoy.

I called Ade a "booty" the other day and he said: "I'm not a booty, I'm a booger." Here you go:



Here's a cool one of Ade singing itsy bitsy spider.




Here's one of Ade on a tricycle. He's a pedalling machine! He obviously gets that from his Dad.



Haven't posted any pics in a while either, so here's a cute one of Ade, with one of his (still) favorite christmas, this time he fell asleep playing the guitar. Awwww....


Finally, here are some candids taken by Ade of his mommy and daddy.