Asher is very concerned lately with how things are made, what they are made out of, who made them, where they were made, why they were made, etc. It seems I can never keep up with the unending questions he has about the origin of everything and I usually end up saying "Ask your dad, he knows more about that than I do."
Asher is such a lovebug and tells me "I love you, mommy" out of the blue several times a day. He also loves to talk about how cute Heidi is, tell me that he loves her, and and talk to her, mimicking everything I say to her.
Asher's favorite (inanimate) friend continues to be JellyCat, his stuffed blue bunny. Sometimes I feel bad for that poor rabbit- Asher loves him so much that he is constantly drug around and beat up.
Asher loves to pick out his own clothes. Often this is the same outfit day after day until I finally make him put them in the dirty clothes basket. He has a few shirts that are his favorites is so excited when they come out of the dryer. He is very particular about pants too- he hates anything with buttons or zippers and prefers things that are soft inside. He is most partial to sweatpants and talked me into cutting a pair of his favorite sweatpants (they have pockets) into shorts so he can continue to wear them throughout the summer. I also got a few other pairs of shorts for him and had to convince him that they were nice and soft before he consented to wearing them. He is also very fond of dressing monochromatically with grey being his color of choice. When ever he has his favorite grey shirt on, he won't wear shorts unless they are also grey. To go along with his hate of all things with buttons or zippers, he hates wearing his church clothes. Most Sundays its a chore to get him into them and that's only when we allow him to wear his pajamas underneath so the buttons won't touch his skin. And the minute we get home from church, he strips his church clothes off and runs around in either his pajamas or his underwear.
Asher is a big philosophizer lately. He is always saying "If we didn't have________ then we would/n't___________. Examples include "If we didn't have teeth then we couldn't chew our food" or "If we didn't have a car, then we couldn't go to the store". My personal favorite is "If we didn't have a baby then we would cry and cry and cry". Asher loves to think about things and has been asking my "why?" about everything for at least the last year, but it seems to have intensified lately. He loves to ask me about every little detail in the pictures of the books we read over and over-and many of his questions have no particular answer. It gets difficult to read the book with him interupting constantly so I usually just answer the question quickly or say "I don't know". The other day when he was on question number one million and three, I told him "I don't know, Asher, you'll have to answer those questions for yourself". He got slightly offended and sounded very worried when he told me "I don't want to think about it all by myself."
Asher loves letters- especially "A" for obvious reasons. He can spell his name, but can only write the A. I have tried to help him learn to write the other letters, but he just isn't interested right now. He often makes A's out of various objects, including making himself into an A. Occasionally, he makes other letters too- once he made a "J" out of macaroni noodles and another time he made an "H" out of carrot sticks. He makes the letter "L" for Leif a lot too- out of blocks, out of magnets, out of food. He is always so proud of himself whenever he makes a letter. Last week Asher's cousin was singing the alphabet as she looked at an alphabet book and Asher got very excited and said "Mandy is spelling my name . . . . but that's not how you spell my name". Austin and I were cracking up about it for quite awhile.
Asher had a fun birthday and was very spoiled by all his family. He got a lot of nice presents, but of course he has no problem sharing them with his brother. He has gotten a little irritated with Leif a few times, but is happy to have someone to use his toys with him most of the time. Asher is a little ray of sunshine and I don't know what our lives would be like without him. We love this kid so much!
Below is an interview I did with Asher today:
Who is your favorite person? Heidi
What is your favorite color? Blue
What is your favorite thing to watch on TV? Bob the Builder
What is your favorite outfit? Ninja Turtle Shirt
What song do you like the best? Twinkle Little Star (Leif just happened to be singing this before I asked the question :)
What is your favorite cereal? The one with the tiger on it (Frosted Flakes, which he usually calls Frosted Snow Flakes)
Who is your best friend? Leify
What do you want to do when your grow up? Work at home
What is your favorite book? Curious George
What are you really good at? Eating cupcakes (I can't remember the last time he had a cupcake)
Where do you wish you could go on vacation? Nonna's house (my mom)
What would you buy is you had a lot of money? A monster truck toy
What is your favorite dinner? Russian chicken (A meal he requests often and sometimes pretends to make on his own)
If you could have a wish, what would it be? Birthday cake
What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Cookie Dough (this changes constantly- he gave me at least 4 different answers while I was trying to pick out the ice cream for his birthday party)
Who do you want to be like? Dad
What do you like to do with your friends? Play cars
What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday? Play
What is your favorite thing to do? Help mom
What are you proud of? Jumping on the trampoline
What are you afraid of? Bad guys
What is Mom's favorite thing to do? Clean up the house
How strong is Dad? So strong
What does Dad do best? Build stuff
What does Mom do best? Clean stuff
What do you like best about Dad? Helping him
What do you like best about Mom? Her hair
So there is a little snapshot of Asher for you. Maybe I'll get around to doing a post on his birthday party and other events, but probably not ;)
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