pete's day

snack? check.........

new book shelf and room set up. check.

double jointed thumbs. check.

ok, so this angle doesn't do it justice....but i discovered yesterday that his thumbs are double jointed. yes, as in - they bend back an extra 90 degrees.  we were reading a book set to the song "this old man, he played one, he played knick knack on my thumb...." and i was teaching him where his thumb was. he's recently learned about his elbow and his knee so i figured i'd take the opportunity to throw the name of his thumb in there too. and i was helping him make a thumbs-up and his thumb just kept on going.  scared the dickens out of me for a moment, thinking i had broken his thumb! but he didn't seem to mind. and then i checked the other thumb and it did the same little trick.  so there you have it.  i'm not sure how that'll affect him in life....will it be hard to hold a pen and write or throw a curveball? no idea. all i know is he'll have the kids in first grade fascinated with this little trick.

he's also decided to add the following words to his vocabulary - and actually pronounces them correctly:
spider
water
potty
swing
watch (as in watch a movie)
ride (as in push me in my red car)
all better
one more
down
swish swish swish (like in the wheels on the bus)
knee
elbow
shoe
sock
and he calls a bunny a "boing boing boing"

then there is the ever mysterious word that's been baffling me for a few weeks. he says it when he wants to eat but i have no idea what it is he's actually saying: manna. any guesses?