Waffles, Octopus and Apples

What do waffles, octopus and apples have in common? They are all pronounced the same according to Ethan! We are constantly amazed at his ever expanding vocbulary even it takes a few tries to understand the word.  He has also started speaking in 3 or 4 word sentences.  He loves to count. As he points to each object he'll say a number but not in order.  He always ends with 8, 9, 10 no matter how many objects there are.

Today Ryan came home from work early and wanted to take Ethan out to show him the lacrosse sticks. However Ethan took a 4 hour nap today and didn't get up until dinner!  So after dinner we headed out to toss the ball around before it got too dark.  Lilly and I watched and laughed as Ethan kept trying to pick up the ball with his hands while Daddy tried hard to get him to use the stick.  I think Ryan will have to hold off a few more years before drilling the basics into him.  Ethan was very good at throwing the ball up high into the sky with the stick so there is still hope.