Four Feet and 50 pounds

Ethan had his annual check-up the other day and he was almost exactly four feet tall, and 50 pounds. According to a growth chart calculator, this puts him in the 64th percentile for height, and the 54th percentile for weight. Interestingly, these growth calculations are usually based on world-wide figures, not US figures, so most US kids are expected to be a bit bigger. People keep commenting on how tall Ethan is, but maybe that’s because he’s a bit thin, or maybe it’s because mama and papa still dress him in some pants that are way too short (he doesn’t seem to notice, so why get rid of the high risers?)

Speaking of nerdy pants, Ethan is going through a phase right now where he’s very concerned about being “cool”. Apparently, according to Ethan, that means having lots of Pokemon cards, and lots of Star Wars things, especially Star Wars Legos. Unfortunately for six-year olds, Star War Legos are also hot collectors items among a certain type of adult male, who Mark speculates, do not have girlfriends. This gives great incentive to Lego to issue only a few figures at a time, to keep their availability low, and consequently prices high. Ethan is saving up his dollars right now to buy a bigger star ship, which will inevitably be put together by his parents.

A few weeks ago Mark and I were trying to watch the new batman movie, The Dark Night. Ethan just could not stand it, because he wasn’t allowed to watch with us. Finally, totally frustrated at not having been able to watch a grownup movie in a while, I told Ethan that he could stay and watch Trouble In Paradise with us, a 1930’s black and white romantic comedy classic, or go up and watch his own DVD. Much to my surprise, he chose the former, and I figured that he’d last maybe 10 minutes, since at that age I was incredibly bored by that sort of thing. But the little guy managed to sit through the whole thing, ask relevant questions throughout, and enjoy it a lot. Go figure. Meanwhile, Mom and Dad surreptiously watched the superhero flick on a much quieter computer DVD player up in their room late one night after little one had gone to sleep.