What Honey?

I find myself saying that a lot lately. Usually it is because I am so surprised at the things he comes up with. So tonight we were out playing in the driveway when Drew noticed that the lawn looked funny because we just had it aerated (for those who don't know, this is a process that pulls plugs of dirt out of the lawn and leaves small holes). He was talking about the dirt and pointing too it. I was giving him my usual "uh huh, right, dirt, yep, dirty...." when he started to say "down, down, down!" and ran over to me with an excited look. I asked him "what is down?" His response "Mickey Mouse". Huh? "Do you mean Mickey Mouse is down the hole?" I asked. He excitedly responded, "Yeah!" He brought me over to the lawn and pointed out the hole and repeated "Mickey Mouse"...."bunny?" (i.e could be a bunny hole too).

Here is the baffling part - the only time he has seen Mickey Mouse is on his diapers and I can't think of one book or tv show that shows mice or bunnies in holes in the ground. How does he know this? Is he reading books on animals and their dens while I am not looking? Maybe I missed the Curious George episode that explained this one, I just don't know.

Another concept that he has grasped on his own is hiding. This one could be dangerous...like when my keys go missing, or a cup of milk, or him! But he got a set of alphabet books from Grandma the other day (26 books in the box, one for each letter). He decided to slip each one of them under the couch and then run in to me and tell me they were "hiding." When I moved the couch to get them back I found many other toys that have been hiding a while...including "Emily" of his Thomas set who was replaced by a sap of a mommy that couldn't bear another day of him wandering around saying "Oh....Emme.....Go?". It was so sad, so I bought a replacement. Now he has 2 and is just blown away that there could possibly be more than one Emme.

This picture is from Sunday. Daddy and Drew playing in the front yard. Drew was decked out in his new Bruschi jersey. However, he is no longer that excited about the season..can you blame him?