The Highs...

Today was a bit more trying day with Dima.  I'll post more about that later but it's late in Moscow and Willem and I were just talking about all the great things about him and we came up with this funny list so I thought I'd post it so I don't forget...Here goes

by the way i call this picture "Dima...the boy from Russia"

Funny Things about Dima
he's scared of the trash can...he thinks it bit him once (it's one of those step on cans where the lid goes up...it kind of did as it came down a little fast and caught his finger ever so slightly.  we had to kiss it and make a big deal of it and fuss at the trash can.  now everytime we throw something away we act like we're scared and relieved when the trash can doesn't bite us....he still fusses at it by shaking his finger as he passes by)

he sings at the top of his lungs in moscow (we can't figure out how to tell him to be quiet and it draws attention which makes us uneasy as i'm sure people get suspicious when they see english speaking people carrying around a very talkative not always cooperative Russian toddler)

scared of washing machine (asked if it would bite him too)

scared of things that bite (saw a seal biting another seal..wouldn't touch a crocodile statue...said it bites...we are wondering who has been biting this child?)

he tries to tickle my feet (he thinks its hysterical...it was fun but it's getting tiresome playing like it is ticklish all day long but i oblige him)

he tried to grab the water as it was draining (we let him sit in it till its gone...seems more passive aggressive that way as he loves his bath...he tries to catch it and then when all gone he says "Bye water")

iphone game with finger drawing is magic (you know the ones where you color with your finger...he keeps looking at his finger to figure out where the color is coming from)

he's obsessed with jackets (willem told him to put on his sweater and called his own sweater a jacket...dima wanted the "jacket" and said it was his.  he put it on so we could show him it was too big as all we can say that would apply in russian is "big"...willem also put on his jacket so we could say "small")...so wishing we had a pic of willem in the small jacket

would brush his teeth all day but looks like he's in agony as he does it...well see for yourself

he walks straight towards us every time we try to take a pic of him by himself...we have several of him close up to the camera about to grab it...can't figure out how to say stay there or smile for that matter)

he picks his nose right before he falls asleep
That is all for tonight...i'm spent!