Ethan's eventful week

Ethan has had a very eventful week it seems. First last week (Sat) he was in the ER getting a cut taken care of from his collision with a desk. Then Weds he was up stairs with his daddy and wanted to come downstairs to get Moose (b/c we all know Moose needs to be part of the action) so the next thing we know he fell down the stairs and crashed into the gate that was closed at the bottom of the stairs. I was sitting in the living room trying to get Christmas cards done and Matt was putting up plastic on the windows in Ethan's bedroom b/c it's been getting super cold in there. Ethan is OK but he ended up with some brusing on his back and his right leg. Apparently he was looking backward as he took the first step and that's when he fell. I had been on him all week about paying attention to where he is going when he is on the stairs. He has been trying to go up/down the stairs backwards, always looking behind him, just plain being reckless all of a sudden. I have had to walk ahead of him and hold his hand to prevent him from falling. Well needless to say he is now taking caution on the stairs. He is insisting that we either carry him or hold his hand and he grips the railing too. At least he is starting to remember what happens when he isn't careful. He tells me "Stairs, fall" and points to the stairwell. It's good to see that he is learning his lessons but I so wish he would just listen to us so he doesn't have to learn his lesson the hard way. That way we don't end up in the ER or with bruises.

This evening Matt told him that his bandage should be falling off soon as tomorrow is day 7 since he had the Dermabond done. Ethan got upset b/c he doesn't want his bandage to come off. Apparently he thinks that the chicks are digging his bad boy look LOL. It should fall off soon (I hope) it's starting to look a bit dirty. We haven't been allowed to get it wet so we have just been cleaning his face with wet wipes and avoiding that area.

Tomorrow we are taking him to see Santa. He is now talking a little bit about Santa Clause. We showed him the movie "Santa Clause is coming to town" and I've been talking to him about how Santa will be coming soon to bring him goodies from his work shop. This morning he was telling me that his garbage truck is broke so I told him he needs to tell Santa so he can bring him a new garbage truck. I think he is starting to realize that something is going on. He is going to have a nice Cristmas this year. So far Santa is bringing him a guitar, bookcase for his room, Play Doh, & a little car. If he asks for that garbage truck he might just get one.