About hedgehogs and fish...

Lately Evan gets so excited about two things: hedgehogs and fish! My mom had found a hedgehog last fall. Because it was too small to survive she decided to care for it throughout the winter until it could survive outside come spring. The other day when she got ready to give it back its freedom, Evan and I were playing outside. She held it in her hands, so Evan got a perfect view of the cute little animal. He was so astonished! The hedgehog was wide awake sniffing and looking here and there, all the while making these funny, what I like to call "grummeling sounds". Even after my mom had taken the hedgehog back inside, Evan kept immitating the hedgehogs sounds, which wikipedia describes as a series of grunts and sniffles. He hasn't stopped since. You know the book we just got for him the other day, "Unterwegs auf dem Bauernhof"? It has a hedgehog in it, hiding under a green bush on a farm. As soon as we start looking at the book, he skips ahead to the page with the hedgehog. He cracks me up! I just love it when that little guys starts making the hedgehog sounds. He has only seen one once but it seems to have left a big impression on him. Oh yeah, every time he sees his grandma he will start "grummeling" and pointing her way - his way of telling us that grandma showed him a hedgehog! Those little people are just the cutest! It's great how they make you see the world and all its little wonders all over again through their eyes!

Now why he is excited about fish I am not entirely sure of. He always seemed to get most excited about the aquariums when we went to the pet store with him and he never failed to point out pictures of fish in magazines. Since we don't have an aquarium and won't go and buy one anytime soon due to the fact that we are moving back over to the States, we decided to download an aquarium screensaver instead. We guessed right, he loved it. The funny thing is that he will sit still forever to look at the fake fish on the screen. He is a very busy boy who barely ever sits still for more than two minutes (except for story time). But not so with the fish. He will even walk over to us, grab our hand and take us over to the computer where he indicates for us to show him the fish. We decided to definitely be getting an aquarium sometime after the move. It has such a calming effect on our little busy bee. I have always felt the same way about aquariums. They do have a calming thing about them. Plus it'll teach him to care for animals. That's always a good thing.

Yesteday we mowed the lawn we had planted three weeks ago. It had grown so much that it definitely needed some trimming. It still has some bald spots from being overwatered right after we planted the seed, but nothing that can't be fixed. It'll be good to have a nice lawn available for Evan for the summer. He also got a big sandbox from his grandparents that we have down there for him. And once the weather gets warm enough, he'll have his own little swimming pool too. Looks like we're ready for the summer!

And to finish up for today, here is a picture I took of Evan. He was on his way to the crib for naptime when I took it. I just love the catchlight in his eyes, and really everything else about it! Have a good day everyone!