Predicting the future
Now that Elliott is walking around and displaying even more of a distinct personality (i.e. biting us when we don't let him do something he wants to do) it seems like now would be a good time to start trying to pigeonhole him into his future occupation based on things he has shown some semblance of aptitude for. Here's what I have so far:
Professional soccer player:
Pros:
Has an odd tendency to place toys on the ground with the intent of kicking them around.
Has good soccer genes assuming that talent skips a generation.
Already proven he can take a rubber ball to the face like a champ.
Cons:
Has a tendency to intentionally step on the object he's kicking, purposefully tripping himself and then laughing about it.
Often will not so much 'kick' an object as he will 'awkwardly dance around it with his hands in the air.'
May try to kiss and/or bite teammates and opponents.
Prop Comic:
Pros:
Believes there is nothing funnier in this world than placing an object on his head or a parent's head and watching it fall to the ground.
No concept of the difference between being laughed at and being laughed with.
Cons:
Pretty low standards in terms of what he finds funny. ("Really? Peek-a-boo still gets you?")
Television Critic:
Pros:
The few times that Elliott is allowed to watch a YouTube clip or a small segment of something on TV, he has pretty good taste. He laughs at Sesame Street skits that are decidedly funny and seems to find Jon Stewart particularly amusing for some reason.
Cons:
Often chuckles along with a laugh track without discernment. (Although perhaps his identifying with the masses might be a marketable quality.)
Firefighter:
Pros:
Loves his fire truck.
Has empathy for other living beings as evidenced by his bursting into tears whenever the dog is punished.
Cons:
High probability that, when told he needs to exit the fire truck, would scream, cry and wail "No, no no!"
Petrified of cats.
One of Elliott's and my favorite Sesame Street skits.
I am a little concerned about him growing up to be a masher evidenced by his wanting to hug and kiss every little person he sees - got a little girl in the park yesterday so she ran to her mother any time he came near her after that! Made a great first impression.
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Maybe he will become a puppeteer. Right now he loves to kiss my Ernie cookie jar while shoving his hand in the head of the jar.
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When your wife and Elliot came over to my house this summer, he wasn't petrified of my cats--and we have 3!!!
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Sunshine
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Nice video!!!!
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