Miles

Miles is a very entertaining kid with tons of personality.  He is good buddies with both his older and younger siblings.  He is a good helper and doesn't mind doing gross things like carrying dirty diapers to the garbage or cleaning up a mess.  He likes books lately and will sit down for a read a loud for almost 3 minutes in a row now, which makes me happy.  He still takes one nap a day if you can get him to sit still long enough.  He has tons of energy and runs wherever he goes.  He can wake up, stand up and then run at full speed to the living room.  He is very sweet and says, "All wight" and "I luf you!" many times a day.  Ever since he was little if you pat him on the back, he'll pat you back.  If you stroke his hair or cheek, he'll do it back to you.  He is very loving and his smile lights up his whole face.

Some things you might not know about Miles:
-- He loves to watch a show with popcorn. He thinks it's a date with whoever is there.
-- He takes really long showers.  He'll stay in there for over 20 minutes just enjoying the hot water standing completely still.
--  He is the only one of our children to have surgery when he was young.
-- He knows how to navigate and play computer really well.  We are constantly shocked that he can open the internet, find a game he likes or show, and watch it all by himself.
--He is actually pretty shy and if a stranger talks to him, he'll talk back in a Mork n Mindy type voice, "Na Na Nee Nee".  Lately though we've caught him actually talking to people in a normal conversation like the guy at the Walgreen check out stand when we were buying some easter toys.

The kids were watching spongebob one day...

Spongebob: "There's a new kid and I'm going to kick his butt."

Miles gasps and runs to tell me: "Spongebob said a bad word!"

Mom:  "Butt? You're right!  We say bum or bottom."

Miles: "No...(whispering)... kick."

Miles tells Doug the other day that he just saw a crocodile.  I corrected him, No...it was a spider.  Oh, yeh, he said, A spider.  Then a few days later we saw those deer sitting in someone's backyard and Miles says, "I love those kangaroo's"  Deer heads do look a little like kangaroo's, now that I think about it.  We've decided that we need to get some animal flashcards or games or something for him.