Nathan is now 3 1/2 and is really, really smart. Before coming to Texas last week, he was Superman. The only time he didn't have a "cape" (aka; his blankies) tied around his neck was when he was in the bathtub, in the bed, or at church. He knows all about the Justice League and all their names. He must always sleep with a toy in his bed, and this was usually his Superman action figure, or his tiny Batman action figure. When they got here 2 weeks ago I was talking about the Avenger movies with my brother-in-law and he asked if I owned any of them. I had just bought Iron Man 1 & 2, Thor, and Captain America a few weeks ago, so he asked if I could bring them over so he and Elizabeth could catch up on them before they saw The Avengers on their anniversary. Now, Captain America has a really scary bad guy in it. I had warned them about this, so the first thing we watched was Thor. I figured Nathan could sit through and understand most of it (we watched Superman 3 at Christmas, his choice. So. Boring) and he did pretty well. He didn't watch the whole thing at once, but he understood almost all of it with a little explaining. Then, Kent made the decision to let Nathan watch Captain America. He decided to tell Nathan that the bad guy was just wearing a red mask, and we spread the word not to tell him differently. He did really well with that one, too. It was a little hard to understand how Steve Rogers was a little guy and then a big guy at first, but he apparently heard a word somewhere that he understood and all was understood after that. We went to my Grandma's the first weekend they were here and she doesn't have any new toys that a 3 year old boy would want to play with. So, Kent and I went to WalMart that night and Kent got him a Captain America action figure. He had been asking for a shield for days, but we decided that the action figure was safer in my Grandma's house, and the Captain came with a little shield. He. Loved. It. He slept with it for days, flew him around, told everyone about him, it was awesome. Mary heard about his want for a shield, so when she came to help babysit while Kent and Elizabeth went out for their anniversary, she brought him a shield. Happiest. Kid. Ever.
The next day we were outside playing and he kept handing me the shield and telling me when he didn't have the shield, he was Steve Rogers. Then when I needed Captain America, he would run over, grab the shield, and would become Captain America. As we're outside playing, my mom comes out and asks if I brought my camera, which I had. She said she wanted some candid photos of him for a family wall she's trying to get together in the living room downstairs. So, I got my camera. At first he kept trying to say "CHEESE!" and I told him Grandmom just wanted some pictures of him playing, so to just keep playing and I would get some pictures.
Then I had this brilliant idea. I've posed him before (for his 2 year old pictures. It was the only way to get him to stand still for the pictures), why couldn't I do it again? He's so smart and does whatever you tell him to do. And he had the shield in his hand the whole time. So, this is what came next...
I made him hold the shield up and look up in the tree like he saw something. PURE MAGIC. I wish I had enough money to get him a Thor hammer and other Avenger toys and masks to take a whole set of Avenger photos. He asked for a cape the other day when he had his Superman shirt on so I asked if he was Superman again. He gave me a funny look and said (I kid you not), "No. I'm Thor" (which he pronounces For). I love that kid.
I also took a few of Baby Brother, but he was filthy, had a food in his hair, and like his mom pointed out, wearing turtles on his shirt. Whatever, he's still really cute.
He doesn't sit as still as his big brother, so these are the only two that I got that are worth anything. The rest of them are blurry or of the back of his head. They're coming back on Wednesday and will be here all day Thursday before heading back to Colorado on Friday, so hopefully on Thursday we can get more. I'm taking the day off to spend it with them and let Elizabeth know I would be available to take more and she was excited. So hopefully next week I'll have more of Aaron and all his cuteness.
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