Like Father, Like Son, (and mom?!)

March 27th, 2008 / posted by Jake

I’m the type of person who would rather be cold and use blankets or bundles of clothing to keep myself warm, than it be hot and try to figure out how to keep myself cool. In Holland it would rain 2-3 days a week and each time it did I felt like I was in heaven. There is just nothing more miserable to me than being hot and sweaty and not being able to keep cool. That said, Tyler feels the same way.

Right before he falls asleep he insists on pushing the covers off of his body completely so that his lower body is free. Even if we pull the covers back over him, he’ll kick them off in no time. But who cares right? I do. He’s been doing this for about 6 months now and even though Lindsey and I do the same, I feel he does it on his own because he’s just uncomfortable, not because he’s seen us do it. Interesting how smart kids really are, not that I’ve ever doubted it. Shoot, I always thought I was the only kid with hangnails and therefore thought it was a sign that I would be famous. Turns out everyone has hangnails…

Speaking of which Tyler also really dislikes boogers. He’s the champion of keeping his nose free of them, but he freaks out once they are all over his hands. So much so that he chases us around with the culprit finger extended trying to wipe it all over us. Shoot, he’s literally blown his nose on my head before. Luckily I’ve taught him that mom’s pillow doubles as a towel so all is fine.

Tyler had 3 easter egg hunts within the span of 4 hours and I still don’t think he knew there was candy in the eggs he found. He enjoyed gathering the eggs and placing them in his bucket but after he was done he sort of stared at us probably wondering why we put him through such nonsense.

Tags: easter, habits