Signing Off For A While… But With One More Look at the Ruffian and the Dilettante
Maria and I came back from Japan several months ago with a fresh perspective, and a few new ideas. We’ve been kicking those ideas around, and we’ve decided to pursue one of them. I hate to be mysterious about what it is, but it’s not something I should discuss publicly just yet. I will say it involves building a web site, so I need to devote what spare time I have to working on it. Which means I need to give up blogging for a little while 
. I will provide an update in about a month.
But before I go, I should provide an update on the boys. Kai is the dilettante I’m referring to in the title of this post, and Eidan the ruffian. Kai is turning out to be a very bright but lazy boy. The other day when we got home from school, he rejoiced - “it’s sitting time!” I always thought of six year olds as inherently active, but Kai usually acts more like a bored teenager. If I can get him going on something - whether it’s playing legos, baseball in the yard, or something else - he usually has fun, but it’s like pulling teeth to get him in motion. Someone who’s better at getting him in motion is Eidan, who won’t hesitate to grab something like a toy plastic sword and chase Kai around the house with it, with Kai screaming in semi-mock terror.
Here’s a moment that captures both of their personalities: a few weeks ago when it was really hot out, Eidan stripped himself down to his diaper. Kai climbed in their red wagon, and Eidan grabbed the handle, straining with every ounce of his strength to pull Kai down the sidewalk. Kai laid back in the wagon with a juice box in one hand, pretending to crack a whip with the other, shouting “faster, faster!” They both couldn’t have been happier.
Eidan’s vocabulary has exploded in the past few weeks. It’s still hard to understand him, but that’s ok, because it’s very cute. For example, “big truck!” (his favorite expression) comes out as “zhig tuck!,” and “Kai” is “die.” When he’s feeling a sense of urgency he puts “aw” in front, so when he really wants Maria, it’s “aw mommy!” What I found really funny was hearing him repeat phrases that I don’t even realize I’ve been saying: one time when I put him in his chair and pushed him close to the table he said “there ya go!” I asked Maria where that came from, and she pointed out that I say it all the time.
Anyway - enough talk! Here’s a picture and a video of the boys to get you through the next month:
 Eidan and Kai sharing my desk chair |
 Kai reading to Eidan, with Eidan providing sound effects |
