Ryan-isms

 At 3 1/2 Ryan is obsessed with Star Wars (Thank you Nathan Ruff) and uses the following vocabulary:

Darth Vader = Master Waiter

Battle Droids = Ba-zoids

Death Star = Bad Earth

Jedi = Zed-eye

Storm Troopers = Storm Troopers

Princess Leia = "That girl" or sometimes "Princess"

Ton-Ton= Ton-ton 

While watching, he re-enacts the fight scenes by swinging his lightsaber around and shouting "Get him! Fight! Get the ba-zoids." or something of that nature.

His friend Nathan and himself spend a lot of time looking at the Lego StarWars book and picking out which Star Wars Legos they would like to possess.  They offer to get different ones for each others birthdays.

 Other Interesting and Cute Vocabulary:

Chick-fil-a: Sick-a-Lay

Lunch Bag: Lunching-bag.

Tomorrow: For Morrow (he sounds so British when he says this).
Chocolate =Flocklate

 His Favorite Things to Do: 

Watch  movies:  Any movie will do but he especially loves Star Wars, Alvin and the Chipmunks (the 80's cartoons), Scooby Doo.

He loves to hunt for bugs.  He has very sharp eyes and often sees things before we do.  He found and caught: a slug, snail, *mama rolly polly carrying her babies, cicada, ants, wasp, leaf beetles, butterflies, fireflies. 

He loves to write his letters: About once a day he asks to write both his Grandma's letters.  He also offers to write letters for strangers at the grocery store.  We are working on stranger danger and not being so friendly. 

Little Quirks

He has decided he does not like hot or warm meals.  He puts his dinners in the refrigerator until it is decidedly cold.  Then he eats. 

He hates wearing socks.  This is very bad. His feet stink something fierce. 

He turns his star turtle on when it's time to sleep to keep the bad dreams away.

In awkward social situations (for example some stranger complimenting him at the store), he responds by staring at them, then poking them.