Well we finally got Erik a costume. It was much debate, as the kid decided he hated anything that would go on his head. But for risk or ruining a surprise, I save telling everyone what it is until they see pictures. I suppose you probably could get it out of Erik’s Aunt as she got a matching costume so she could come trick-or-treating with us. She cracks me up. 
So we finally figured out what the “ba-ba” thing he has been saying means. In nepalese, which his sitter is from Nepal, the word for sit sounds like “bah.” So, that’s what he has been saying. It’s funny because if he won’t sit I will then ask him to do so in spanish, and then if that doesn’t work I’ll use “bah.” He sits immediately. I guess he knows his sitter means business!
Erik burned his arm on the pellet stove at the camp last Friday. Poor kid. He has this tub of toys that set a little off to the side of the pellet stove. He has this set of a shovel and rake, and he was trying to pull the shovel out of the tub. He kind of flung his arm back and hit the stove. This is all assumption really after examining the crime scene. I was right around the corner on the stairs painting, but Erik didn’t start crying. He just came over and sat on my lap and then I noticed he was trying not to cry. He was doing the lip quiver thing. I kept asking him what was wrong and he wouldn’t tell me, so I finally started like turning him over trying to figure out if he hurt himself. I then noticed the red arm. I asked him if he burned himself and he nodded and then started to cry. Poor kid. I think he thought he was in trouble because he knows he is not allowed to touch the stove. What a well behaved little man though. It didn’t look so bad at first, but then it got huge. It turned colors as well, so Brandon and I decided that we should get it checked out by the dr. The dr. said it was okay and gave us some prescription burn cream, but it gave us a scare anyway. He also had hives, which we are assuming is from one of the laundry detergents I decided to use. They are finally starting to go away though. Thank God.
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