Paging Dr. Ethan…

On Sunday, Leah and I had the urge to go out and do a little bulk shopping. It was a really nice day so we packed up the kids and took them on a small field trip to our local Walmart. Leah and each took a cart and a kid each and then split up for a while and did a little roaming. One thing I picked up that we badly needed was a new webcam. The one we had was shaky and the stand was broken so we had to duct tape it to the monitor to do any web chatting with anyone. It was a $40 dollar purchase, but we managed to get a really, really good one. The picture is amazing and it will be able to take a ton of cool photos will will ease the burden on the digital camera as well. This allows us to let the grandparents in Tennessee watch Jonathan’s feedings without having to break out any tape which makes things a little easier on everyone.

Halfway through our little shopping spree, Leah said she wanted to get something to eat and I was hoping we’d eat after shopping cause that meant she wanted to hit the internal Rotten Ronnie’s (McDonald’s) to get her meal. I felt bad about going to there, cause since I started my diet… fast food was the one thing I had worked hard to cut out of my diet and stay away from. Yet there I was, ordering a Big Mac for Leah and a McNugget kids meal for Ethan. Even though I had no choice where I would eat that day, I fought temptation and ordered the least harmful option on the menu, their Chicken Fajitas. That’s all I had, and I took a little of Leah’s soda. I wasn’t in the mood to eat anything else from there. It was like a cape in a whale’s belly, but I waited until supper back at the house rather that buy another thing from that rotten place. I may be on a diet, but I wasn’t going to dictate what everyone else ate, and I’m glad everyone else had a good time there.

After eating at Rotten Ronnie’s, Ethan and I went our own way again, and hit the toy department. Ethan’s birthday is right around the corner, so I thought it wouldn’t hurt to let the little guy look around and see if there was anything he would gush over… thus making my job a little easier when it comes time to buy something for him. He was smitten over a Dora the Explorer doll, but seemed to be more interested in the Thomas The Tank Engine train sets. That might be something I’ll invest in this time next month. While I was looking at some Superman stuff that was related to the summer movie, Ethan came running up to me with a small box in his arms. I could tell just by the look on his face that he wanted it, so I picked it up and had a look at the small box. It was one of those pretend to be something toy kits. Toys that look like real stuff but is made of plastic so kids can pretend to be carpenters and other professional stuff. The kid Ethan handed to me was a medical kit. It was a toy set doctor set, with a whole pile of stuff for him to play with. It was a ten to twelve piece set and it was only five dollars! I wasn’t going to make the little guy wait for something that was so cheap, and since I was impressed with his profession of choice, I tossed into the cart and purchased it.

When we got home, Ethan was eager to open the set up and play with the pieces inside it. When he started to play with the set he grabbed one piece first and walked up to me with it.

“Look Daddy,” he said with a grin, “A Seth-a-scoope.”

You could have sworn someone shot my cat cause I had a look of complete shock on my face. Where the hell did he learn that? I asked Leah and she had no idea. I played along with Ethan and asked him what do you do with a Stethascope? Ethan put one end on his ears and then he held the other piece to my chest. And if that wasn’t enough, he started to make a “put-put, put-put” sound to imatate my heart beat. Leah and I had a good laugh but were still impressed that Ethan was aware of how this thing was used. He was a little stetchy on how all the other stuff was used, but the stethascope he had down pact as he spend the rest of the day listening to the hearts of all his stuff toys. It was cute to watch and I did take some pictures of him doing that with my digital camera, and when I get the batteries charged, I’ll post them here for everyone to look at and awe over.

For a joke, when I was serving Ethan’s supper to the table… I called out “Paging Dr. Ethan.” to call him to the table. Ethan came scrambling out with the stethascope around his neck and just stood there at the table at attention. I’m sure when Grandma and Grandpa hear about his medical ambitions, they’ll just gush over it and encourage him even more. It was very cute to watch him play with the medical kit and play doctor. Leah and I really don’t care if he becomes a doctor or not, but it wouldn’t hurt. As long as he’s a good kid that doesn’t break the rules… that will be good enough for us. Anything more would be gravy. But still, it looked cool and that;’s something work reporting about.

Peter