Ethelred Unraed's Journal: Confessor: Be prepared for the worst under his rule

Some time ago, we got some magnetic letters for the fridge so that the Confessor (now the ripe old age of two and a half) can map out his plans for future conquest (and learn to spell).

Not long afterwards, he was pointing at letters and identifying them. E! he said. Right, said I. U! he said. Right, said I.

So he rearranged some letters to say this:

E U Y

He pointed at it and said confidently, "Edward!"

Therefore you should fear the worst. He won't even leave spelling alone when he takes over.

He also is picking up useful vocabulary from his old man, though he has some trouble with diphthongs and tends to leave out the second consonant.

So he says "Oh Sit" a lot.

I try to tell him off, but I'm usually laughing so much that he thinks he should do it again. Whenever anything happens, he says "Oh Sit" and Daddy starts giggling.

Then it dawned on me recently that he wasn't saying "Dump Truck", but...uhm...something that sounds a lot like "Dump Truck". That Daddy says a lot when he's driving. Uhm.

He also can count up to 20 in both German and English (though today I think he may have suddenly discovered how to get past twenty in English). The problem is that he doesn't stop counting. If you ask him to, say, count the number of wheels on a toy car, he'll point at them and count one, two, three, four...and keep right on going, so that his toy car has 18 wheels according to him. I suspect this is an early way of creating hyperinflation to ruin the peasants.

Meanwhile, for you to print out and hang on your wall, a portrait of your Imperial Lord and his heir.

OMG! Cute Kid!

[rk]

We may suffer greatly under his non-orthographic spelling rulership, but we won't care 'cause he's so gosh-darned cute.

Takes after the consort, eh? (INSOLENCE!)

counting

[Tsunayoshi]

my daughter has hit the fascination with counting stage (also ~ 2.5 years of age)

I'll hold out my hand and ask how many fingers (she points as she counts)
1..2..3..4..5.."Five fingers Daddy!"

I'll hold out my hand with three fingers out...
1..2..3.."Three fingers Daddy!"

I'll hold out both hands with all 10 fingers out.
(points to one hand) 1..2..3..4..5. (points to other hand) 1..2..3..4..5.."Five fingers Daddy!"

And apparently she doesn't have toes, she has "little piggies". A total of 5 of course :-)

I hate kids.

[Some Woman]

But holy hell is that one cute kid.

The one on the right.

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[Ethelred Unraed]

The truly cute part is that I was sitting on the bench by myself, and the Confessor clambered up next to me and started trying to sit just like Daddy was. So BoE whips out with the camera.

But you think he's cute, wait 'til you see this one. [grantham.de]

I call it her "girl power" pose.

Cheers,

Ethelred

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[Ethelred Unraed]

Ah, what the hell. Here's an even cuter pic of her. [grantham.de]

Meanwhile, this is the Confessor picking out what he thinks his first car will be [grantham.de] and Gloriana testing out a somewhat smaller model [grantham.de].

Cheers,

Ethelred

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[Mantorp]

great pictures, kids rule

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[Pirogoeth]

Very cute pics!

Thank goodness for digital cameras. I think I've taken far more pictures of my kids already than my parents have ever taken in their whole life with their film camera.

EU Y?

[arb]

Maybe he was questioning whether he should start with conquering the EU first?

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[Ethelred Unraed]

That's quite possible. You see, we have a ball for him that is also a globe, and I noticed that Europe is a bit scuffed.

Cheers,

Ethelred

Come to think of it... Re:EU Y?

[Ethelred Unraed]

...it could also mean "Ethelred Unraed Yes".

I think I'll have a word with him.

Cheers,

Ethelred

*yawn*

[TheConfusedOne]

I have no fear of the Confessor, I'm already carefully rearing my young daughter to ensnare him in her feminine charms so that he'll do all the heavy lifting and then just hand the world to her and never know what hit him..

Cute!

[redhead-kitten]

A redhead, of course. I have no qualms about him taking over. Redheads always stick together. ;-)

And, no offense, but your je's make you seem a wee bit *larger*. More burley, you know? I'm just going to have to forget your half of the picture to take your threats seriously.

~_^

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[Ethelred Unraed]

And, no offense, but your je's make you seem a wee bit *larger*. More burley, you know?

Actually, the guy in the picture is just my stunt double.

Cheers,

Ethelred

holy crap!!!

[btlzu2]

he's getting big!!! wow. :)

*grudgingly* yeah, he's cute. despite who his father is. ;)

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[Ethelred Unraed]

Oh, I never claimed he got his cuteness from me. He got his overbearing thirst for total conquest from me.

Cheers,

Ethelred

Ginger,...

[webhat]

... like me.

i barely recognize you

[subgeek]

because that hat is not red.

man that kid is grown.