Well, that's new

We experienced some new behaviour today... but first the fun stuff:

 

This winter has been a blast so far.  The snow brings with it so many fun activities... so far we've had snow forts...

 

tobogganing...

 

and then yesterday we went skating. 

I have to admit that holding a 3 year old up on skates for 40 minutes has given me a great awareness to certain muscles the 'day after'.  So much fun!!

Now onto the new behaviour... stealing food.
We had some leftover timbits on our counter from a church meeting  last night.  I noticed that Ezra had some suspicious crumbs on his face and started questioning him.  If there was any doubt, his sweet sticky hands and missing timbits revealed the truth.
I think we've been lucky up to this point to have gotten away with mild food issues (Ezra's inability to know when he's full and always wanting more food).  I hope this just ends up being 3 year old boundary testing and not something bigger  *fingers crossed*
It was interesting that for about an hour after dealing with this, Ezra would bring up comments about going back to the orphanage--almost looking disappointed when we told him "no more orphanage" and that Jesus gave him to us to stay with us.  It's still hard to explaining 'big' things to a 3 year old with limited language and comprehension (don't get me wrong, he understands a lot, but some concepts are beyond the comprehension of a 3 year old).

I so badly want Ezra to know, really know that we love him.  I want him to know that we will always love him.  I hope that we can show our love to him through loving discipline followed by tons of hugs, kisses and smiles.