Mr.E

E is growing. He is becoming more boy than baby. He runs (look how fast) and leaps and rolls and dances. He paints with fingers, brushes and toes. He eats (he loves) his vitamins and will feed you yours. He is quite the conversationalist. He is not one to mince his words. He plays Scrabble (but watch him, he cheats) and Uno and knows all the letters of the alphabet and how to recognize the word CONGRATULATIONS! when it appears on the screen after he wins. He knows how to navigate an iPad better than his parents and his favourite Youtube shows are Thomas the Tank Engine (he likes the one where Thomas gets covered in paint) and an animated short entitled Kiwi. Look it up.

E will be attending pre-school soon. The Js were invited to a new parents information session a few evenings ago. They brought their boy, not sure if the meeting was for families or not. Turns out it was really more for adults. J stayed while the boys played in the yard, took a trip to the coffee shop and book store, then returned to collect her. She was still in the meeting. The ECE (Early Childhood Educator) was giving  a demonstration on the ways toddlers learn. J and E crashed the meeting, to the delight of every parent in the room. "This meeting might be boring for you", his daddy cautioned and tried to lead him home, but E climbed up on his mommy's lap and participated gleefully in the brainstorming session on things you can do with an apple. His voice was the clearest in the room. (You could eat it, you could hack it, you could throw it...) He turned to his dad and said, "I'm not finding this boring at all. I like meetings. You were wrong!"

They'll be inviting him back to chair the next meeting no doubt.

E stayed until the apple brainstorming was over, then promptly announced it was time for him to leave. He waved to the circle of adults and cheerfully called, "Bye class!"

Must be a teacher's son.