Ivan's Favorite Things

This list is pretty typical of most two year old boys, but if you are a close family member, you will find it fascinating.

• Cars, trucks, buses and anything along the transportation theme
• Back hoes, excavators, cranes and other construction equipment
• Sticks and rocks; we have extensive collection at home. I'm sure that there is an evolutionary basis for this.
• Tools; hammers, screwdrivers, etc. Ivan got a play drill recently that came with a train with bolts; he can put the train together and take apart over and over again.
• Water; water in wading pools, water in the sink, water from a hose, water at the lake.
• Books; prefers nonfiction titles about construction and transportation.
• Teletubbies; PBS program about cute furry pre speech beings with antennae on their heads and tv's on their tummies.
• Mama impersonating Elmo; Mary has gotten pretty good at doing falsetto third person, so good that Elmo has become an almost constant presence in the house.
• Dogs, cats, rabbits, ducks and anything with fur or feathers that doesn't make a loud noise.