There was this funny video that we couldn’t stop watching when we had Christmas with Steve’s family. It was only a short, but we couldn’t stop laughing.
I think what made it even funnier was how hard Seppa laughed at it. First, he was just laughing because we were laughing…which made us laugh harder. Then we explained to him that the mockingbird was mocking the guy, and when he started to get the joke, he laughed for a whole different reason. That short played on a loop for so long and we just kept laughing.
Seppa is growing up, becoming more and more curious. He wants to find pictures of family members he’s never met, learn about them, figure out how they connect together.
He’s watching and always noticing stuff about people around him, but he’s figured out that sometimes, imitating someone could hurt their feelings. He’s a sensitive little guy and cares a lot.
He asks questions about things that I don’t always know the answer to. Sometimes it’s to define a hard word. Once, he asked me to define fiend, and I really had to think about it. How do you define a word like fiend without using other big words?
And some questions are super awkward. When we were at Steve’s dad’s place for his party, Seppa pointed at a picture and said “Is that Grandpa or Papa?” Papa is what he calls Steve’s stepdad. Um, that’s definitely not Papa.
Another funny thing he did was he was challenged not to talk for a while, so he started scribbling on a little whiteboard of sorts. We started trying to guess what pictures he was trying to draw. It was a fun time.
I was happy we got him the right Christmas present. I was desperately searching Mastermind Toys looking for presents, and we found a mini drone. We got one for Kliks, and then went back for Seppa. When he opened it, and when he figured out what it was, he jumped into each of our arms saying “Thank you! This is a very special moment for me!” Yea! Success!
As he gets older and changes more and more, I really want to catch some snapshots of him and not let go. Seppa is growing up.
It’s always neat to watch kids grow up and start to see their personalities come out. All the nephews are old enough now to be different. It’s fun because you can interact with them in new ways, but it’s always a little sad when the little babies start not being little babies anymore.