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Eirena is not a "girly-girl". She doesn't really play dress-up (unless you count wearing underwear on your head as a Tall Silk Hat dressing up), she never liked dolls, she gets excited about trains, construction equipment and cars and loves the mud. I would characterize her as a bit of a tom-boy.

But Eskil.... he is ALL boy.

• He gets very excited should someone accidentally leave the door open. He makes a break for it.
  
• He can throw a ball. (Eirena never was interested in balls.)
  
• He loves to rough house and tumble.
• He loves to bang a pot and wooden spoon together. (Eirena was never entertained by this "stereotypical method of baby entertainment.) The more noise, the better for Eskil!
  
• And he loves to sword fight. Already. He found the sword collection and had great fun whopping on all our toes (and Eirena's bum because she was lying down) during Bible reading (only slightly distracting).
  
• And he got such gleeful pleasure out of it too.
• He finds bodily functions fairly amusing.

please ignore the mess

Are there other things I should be on the look-out for in him?

Unclear on the Concept

Eirena and Adisu like to play Hide and Seek. House Rules. House Rules means one person tells the other where to hide while they count. Then the hider "hides", usually in a not-very-sneaky place, waiting not-very- quietly for the seeker to "find" them. Despite Dr. Daddy's and my attempts to explain the point of the game, they insist on playing by their rules. The other day they were playing outside. Eirena first "hid" behind a bush and then told Adisu to count. Later, Eirena was counting facing away from a tree and Adisu hid in front of the minivan, directly opposite to Eirena.
Eventually they may figure it out, until then at least they are entertained.
House Rules.

perspective

I was playing "memory" with Eirena yesterday and turned over a card that had a picture of a lime green rabbit on it.
As I turned it back I said, "that's a scary looking bunny".
Eirena asked why it was scary looking.
"Well, how many bright green bunnies have you seen?" I asked.
With a completely serious and deadpan face she replied, "two".


Then I guess a third just wouldn't be scary looking would it?