The end of this past month has been marked by an increase in questions, sometimes about scenarios that wouldn't happen. For example,
- "If sack-of-potatoes [Joshua] wanted to be held by you and by Dad and I needed help with something what would happen?"
- "If you and Dad went to Florida and Joshua and I were still at home what would happen?"
- "Will Flurry die sometime?" "Will we get a new cat?" "What will we do with her body?"
Puppy Dog still likes to run, often with assorted rockets attached to himself, but does not like to be chased by Joshua. For that matter, he doesn't like to be touched by Joshua unless Isaac initiates it. He will forcefully say, "NO THANK YOU JOSHUA!" And while I think he could be nicer about it at least the words are polite.
Isaac has also been remembering things from long ago and bringing them back up.
"How are we going to get the heart magnet out [from under the cabinet]?" This magnet was lost about 1.5 years ago and we are not getting it back. (This, of course, prompted a ton of questions about why not.) Hmm...there's been several other instances but I can't remember them exactly.
We're trying to get him to memorize Ben's phone number. He really wants there to be a nine in it, but there isn't. He can get the first four to five numbers by himself. After one or two rounds he gets "quiet-nervous" which basically means he won't answer your questions anymore. We're also working on him knowing his full name. He knows it, but you have to ask the question in just the right way to get the correct response. ("What is your full name?" "What is your last name" doesn't work.)
When he grows up he's going to be an adult puppy dog. Currently there is a non-zero chance that if he were to get lost and someone where to ask his name he would reply with "Puppy dog." But he does understand that there are places where it's ok to be a puppy dog and places where he has to be Isaac, so that is nice.
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