Current Fave Arie Things

playing in a mountain of packing paper — yes, we’re moving again ! more on that another time.

Hello there — and happy new year !

Had to come back around with some of my favorite things Arie is doing / saying of late…he’s growing so fast + I have to memorialize these little ways of being somehow before they change ! So here’s a list of things from this nearly-two-and-a-half boy :

• Is proudly able to zip / unzip his own jammies

• Lots of contrasting statements: “that’s not the sun, that’s the MOON!”

• Closely related to, lots of “no, I not” statements

• Most favorite food in the entire universe is applesauce

• Insists upon having the last word at bedtime. “Arie say love you! Arie say night night! Arie say g’night and love you!”

• Loves babies. Believes in expressing this in high-pitched, squealy tones.

• Dislikes being whispered to. In the event that his dad or I whispers anything to him, or speaks at a low volume, he just looks at us and says, “loud.”

• Now prefers to read books to us at bedtime instead of the other way around.

• Still head over heels for dinosaurs, planes, trains, animals of all shapes and sizes.

• Very into “Memo” the Fish right now, also Secret Life of Pets 2. His favorite character is the farm turkey, who has about 1:25 total airtime

• In the habit of calling the car “the movie”

• Whenever he hears his dad cough from his home office, he says, “excuse you, Daddy”. He also blesses us when we sneeze, dear boy.

Thank you for indulging me in these lists ! They really are for me more than anything else, but if you are an Arie fan, I hope you enjoy them a little, too :)

Happy weekend !