Colin's Top Ten List

So I did a top ten things about me last week and thought it would be fun to do for Colin, as well, so here goes:

1) We have been asking Colin what various animals say. He’s pretty good with sheep, cows, and owls. Last week we asked what a dog says, and we got a funny, yet true response. We expected to hear, “Woof.” But he just panted, just like a dog does. We don’t even have a dog, so we’re not sure how he learned that one, but it’s very humorous.

2) He enjoys “Word World” on PBS. It’s one of the few kids shows I can tolerate (and actually kind of enjoy), so he watches it while I get ready for the morning. Come to think of it, I think the dog on “Word World” pants. Hmmmm, maybe we’re on to something.

3) In the mornings, he will sit and scribble at the kitchen counter while he listens to his Veggie Tales audio CDs. It’s amazing how he will sit and intently listen for almost 30 minutes!

4) When we take a drive in the car, Colin signs “more,” meaning he wants to listen to more Veggie Tales (See a theme here? I listen to singing vegetables all day long!) Fortunately we have a contemporary Christian music CD which has tunes he loves like, “Big House,” “Shine,” “Made to Love,” and “Smellin’ Coffee.” He squeals when a slow song, like “I Can Only Imagine” comes on – we have to hit skip!

5) Mr. Potato Head is a new favorite, which he discovered during our trip to Houston. He enjoys sticking the various body appendages in odd places.

6) He’s in a pasta mode right now. Pasta, ravioli, tortellini, etc with either red sauce or pesto are sure to be scarfed down. And rigatoni is oh so much fun to place on the end of his fingers while eating. He’s still a messy diner!

7) Orange “cuties” are out and strawberries are “in.” For snack time at his school, he snubs cheese and crackers/muffins/bagels, and he goes straight for the fruit. I quit feeding him shredded cheese at 14 months because it was so messy and he hasn’t liked cheese since.

8) His best friend is still our cat, Elliot, who grows more and more tolerant by the day. They even hang out together in the giraffe tent on occasion. He’s a brave cat to confine himself with Colin to such a small place.

9) With warmer weather coming, the backyard is becoming a fun place to play in. He especially enjoys collecting rocks from an area we are digging up and then transports them in the back bucket area of his tricycle. We still have to constantly watch to have him keep the smaller rocks out of his mouth. Does that part ever end? This teething thing really bites!

10) He’s starting to understand more abut saying prayers and he will now clasp his hands when we say grace at dinner and before bed. As sweet as that is to us, it must be even sweeter to his heavenly father.