Planning...

I've been interested to watch lately how methodically Ethan makes plans and executes them. I know he's got a lot going on in there, and its fascinating to watch it all manifest itself. A couple days ago, Ethan went into the small play house in my parents' backyard. He took each utensil and plate individually out of their box and threw them on the ground outside the house. Then he removed the box from the house - his actual intention here was to get that stuff out of his way! Then he moved each plastic chair (2 of them) out of the house and placed them next to each other on the cement. He climed into one, then pointed to the other and yelled, "AYA!!" which of course means that he expects Amara to come sit by him.
Anyways, all this began when we were outside playing in this little baby pool. We took a break to eat, and were getting chilly so I put this sweatshirt on Ethan. He stayed warm during dinner, but afterwards he ventured back into the pool, sweatshirt and all. The first few times, he just stepped in, but inevitably, a step became a trip and he ended up all wet in the pool again. Its comical to see the warm snuggly baby in the swimming pool, no?