Memory of a Two Year Old and Closets

We were in the living room at Kent and Debbie’s house and Ethan pointed to the corner and said something about the Christmas tree going there. He remembered that from us being there over 6 months ago.

When he first went to his great-grandma’s place he noticed that there weren’t snowmen. When he was there 6 months earlier, there had been snowmen decorations out in the front grass.

It has amazed us at how well he recognizes places while we are driving.  He did this some in Hungary, but we live there.  We can almost be at the missionary house or my mom’s house in NC, and he will know that we are almost there.  He remembers the Boone post office when we drive by after only going there once with Gary.

Closets

Ethan loves the closets in the States (and so do I; in fact I really miss them a lot after being in a house full of them). They make great forts. He loved getting into the closet at Gary’s parents’ house that had all of the coats and shoes. He would take all of the shoes out and then hide in there with Gary or Papa. When he got in it by himself, he would want us to find him, but if we didn’t open the door pretty soon, he would open it and laugh. He’s not much into waiting/patience at this point. One evening, Ethan, Gary, and I all hid in the closet together.Ethan not only took the shoes and boots out of the closet to play in it, he also enjoyed running around the house in Nana’s boots.