Ivo cheering up

Ivo is transitioning. He's getting so big - growing up. Happy and sad. The molar teething has changed the shape of his face! He may be having bone pain as he's taller every day. He has one or two episodes like the DAMMIT video everyday, but he is an excellent kid. The best kind of roommate we could wish for.

He loves cooking. He can crack eggs and grate cheese. He can stir stuff with forks and the whisk. He can pour measuring cups into mixing bowls. He can grind coffee beans and plunge the french press. If he hasn't been informed that coffee's on the agenda (something he usually can intuit) he comes running into the kitchen, proclaiming, "I will make coffee!!!!" the second he hears beans clinking into the grinder. He can open/close and turn on/off the microwave. He can operate the blender, turning it on/off to make juice and peanut butter. He's interested in seasonings (he says spicey) and is getting to know the difference between raw and cooked. He smells/"wen wen kan" the ingredients of what we're making before we cut, after we cut, while we cook and after we cook. He loves washing dishes. He helps set the table; carrying out napkins and silverware and anything plastic. He's just started to be able to very carefully, with 2 hands, slowly carry juice out to Papa. Also, he can get beer or soda out of the fridge for Papa!

So the CAKE DAMMIT is from today, the morning after the evening we made cake. He had been super happy from the time he woke but...suddenly he was ANGRY and INDIGNANT. In the litany of offers to see how mad he was, Ryan offered him ice cream, he sad "NO!" Ryan asked if he wanted to go to the toy store, he said "NO!"

About 3 minutes later, Ivo said, "I ok now. I wanna go toy story." These pics are from the ensuing trip to the toy store. Ivo also knows about "running errands" and can say it. He's super patient; even tho he saw the "toy story" we had to pass it on the way to the bank... He accepts/understands and trusts us when we tell him we're doing this thing and then we'll do that exciting thing you really wanna do.
Ivo got a spiderman mask - which is something he had been pretending he had before (along with red boots. When he takes the mask off, he says, "I Peter Parker." He also got an astroboy. In the pics he's flying astroboy-style.