Al's latest interests

Alden goes through different phases of showing interest in different things. Lately, he's been showing interest in these following things.

1. Peter Pan: He loves watching the old Disney Peter Pan animation. He gets so excited when Peter Pan first comes on scene and is standing on the Darlings' roof. He tries to imitate different actions in the movie, such as putting his arms out and pretending to fly, running around and being hunted by Indians, making the tick-tock sound that the crocodile makes, etc. It's so cute when he puts his right hand up and says, "Haaaooo" when the Indian chief talks. Even at the Barker reunion the other day, Alden kept saying "Hao" seeing the man dressed like a native american.

2. Toy Story: I'm guessing everyone's already familiar with Alden's obsession with Toy Story. I won't say much about it, other than that he can recognize Woody and Buzz's names and the theme songs from the movie. When the space song comes on during the credits (yes, we watch the credits too), he holds up his arms and pretends to fly like Buzz.

3. ABC's: EVERYWHERE we go, he points out the alphabets A, B (D), and O. He has really good eyes, too. He can find those letters in almost any font and size, and gets really excited in the car when he sees the letters he knows on  billboards, etc. He loves to do that on TV or any object in the house as well.

4. Blowing bubbles in his drink: He always asks for a straw when he drinks, so he can blow bubbles with his drink. Milk seems to make the most bubbles and stay the longest. He loves to drink milk more than ever now. It gets him to drink more too, even though it takes a little longer to eat now.

5. Blowing out candles: Alden loves to blow out the candles too. My mom has candles on in the kitchen to get rid of the smell of food, and Alden always asks if he can blow them out. We can't wait to have him blow out the candles on his birthday cake in october. Although, we are a little bit worried that he will complain about us not relighting the candles... lol.

6. Chaos: Alden loves anything that falls, drops, get out of order, or makes loud noises. He loves to run around on my mom's hardwood floor and make stomping noises with his feet. He purposely lifts up his legs higher up so he can make louder noises. He also loves to knock down blocks/toys or wring his hands together while jumping up and down.

7. Pointing people out in photographs: My mom has framed pictures around the house, and Alden goes around pointing people out in the pictures. We were surprised that he was able to recognize me in a picture that was taken almost 10 years ago. He can point out everyone in my family and Joe's familiy (he doesn't know Joe's siblings' names yet though), including grandma and grandpa. He can only say "엄마 (mommy)" and "Daddy" now, but we can't wait till he can say everyone else's names so he can point AND name everyone.

8. Cheering: He loves to cheer. He puts both arms up in the air and shakes his arm in the air. Whenever we say "Hooray" or "Yay," he lifts up his arms and cheers. He loves to do that whenever we clear a game while playing the wii.