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Current obsessions

MrMan's current obsessions:

1) His new green toothbrush with a train on it. Nothing special, but he's glommed onto it - he's fallen asleep clutching it most nights since we bought it a couple of weeks ago. Today he took it to school. I've decided not to freak out about its sanitation. I should be happy he's taken a modicum of interest in his oral health. He does not have such a fascination with his older toothbrush, also green, but with a picture of Sam I am on it. He has recently recognized that it's a picture of Sam, but that doesn't make him carry the toothbrush around, despite the fact that he's obsessed with...

2) Green Eggs and Ham. "Egg!" is something we hear a lot of these days. Not to be confused with the food item, which he usually refers to by its Persian name (or a semblance of it - "Mormor"). First thing in the morning - "Egg!" Last thing at night - "Egg!" It doesn't matter how many times he's been read the book that day, or how many times he's watched the video of it on YouTube. "Egg!" We'll supply a line, he'll supply the last word of the next. Last night, as he was falling asleep, he was recounting the story on his own: "Box. Fox. Mouse. Car. Tree. Train. Goat. Boat." I feel like in no time, he'll be "reading" the whole book to us.

3) Counting. I guess it's not surprising, considering how much Sam and I count things, but MrMan is finally moving past his favorite number two. Often in the car, I'll hear him in the back seat, mumbling numbers. Yesterday, he seemed to be counting oak trees. He'll usually do a few in a row. Then jump to a different part of the sequence. "2, 3, 4...9, 10..." This week, he's pretty much mastered counting to five, in English and in Persian. Part of his and my mom's afternoon bonding sessions. Having her off for the summer has really helped in my return to work - she'll often keep him company while he eats breakfast, and Sam and I get ready, and she picks him up from daycare most afternoons. Then they do things like run errands (more fun with MamanJan), explore pond life, or count handfans.