Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Birthday

Yesterday was Nonno's birthday! We helped him feel young by calculating that he's 780 months old, whereas Eddie was 588 days old, so Nonno has lived more months than Eddie has days.

Eddie celebrated at the playground, where he had a good time. We met one of the Italian instructors, Davide, along with his wife Giovanna and 8-month-old daughter Elena. Pretty soon the place was really hopping, with kids of all ages. Eddie has developed his own approach to meeting people. First he walks up to them with an expression like he found something unexpected on the bottom of his shoe. After a while he decides they're human and just frowns at them for a minute (while face-to-face). Then he turns around and runs away with his arms in the air.

Nonetheless, he seems to enjoy playing with other kids. He watches them and then imitates what they did (usually after they've left.) I hope he learns to be more friendly, though! One little girl, just starting to walk, had a great big smile for him, but he just stared and kept walking and her smile faded.

He is such a giant. Italians tend to be shorter than Americans, so it's even more pronounced here: he seems like a 3-year-old.

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