Hello all! Here is the latest and greatest news from the Grant clan:
Ethan Gezahegn, who loves dipping his hands and arms in the pond to splash water, leaned a wee bit too far over the edge and fell into the pond!He managed to keep his head above the water and was quickly pulled out without any permanent damage. He was not happy for a quite a while in spite of the fact he was quickly rescued by Victoria and given a warm shower by Dad.
Ethan has taken a liking to riding the small electric car (a hand-me-down meant for Levi), which makes an amusing sight- his knees come up to his chest but he manages to drive it with the motor straining.
The boys are continuing to explore new foods...tonight's favorites were hamburgers, corn on the cob and baked beans. We also have to teach what NOT to eat- we had to pull out a long strip of pink construction paper from Ethan's mouth last night which he was contentedly munching on.
We are hearing some more English words from Ethan, such as his rendition of American numbers this afternoon while playing hide-and-go-seek: "One, two, twee, four, five, six, seben, eight, nine, eleven, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!"
Levi Yishak has been keeping us amused with his antics. For those of you who know the Barney "clean up" song you can appreciate Levi's Ethiopian rendition... "Clean up! Clean up! Ebey ebey ebey ebey! Clean up! Clean up! Ebey ebey ebey ebey ebey!"
At some point during his stay at America World, Levi learned some American numbers, which he recited as he stood on the ottoman. As he stood there, preparing to impress us all with a mighty jump off the ottoman, he yelled "One, twoo, twee!" (Once again, you must picture this in an adorable, hard to understand, Ethiopian accent). It was pretty darn cute!
Of course, not everything has been rosy... we've had some arguing, a couple fits, and one complete melt down, but we're (or in all fairness, Mom and Dad are) working through these things, and it's been neat how fast the boys are learning. Thank you for all your prayers!
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