its in the genes

its amazing the power that our families have to influence us, even in subtle, sometimes unnoticeable ways. sometimes we emulate our relatives to a tee without even knowing it & other times we rebel against them and create our own trends. here are some i noticed over the weekend.
1. ethan eats like daddy--some of his latest concoctions are broccoli and eggs and an avocado & broccoli sandwich with the top piece a slice of bread & the bottom an opened hot dog bun.
2. daddy is very similar to grandma j--he cooks like her in that he sometimes takes the road less traveled. this weekend he wanted to put a can of drained fruit cocktail into a coconut cake mix. it reminded me of the time grandma j was making an apple pie but realized she didn't have enough apples so she used peaches for the rest. not that either one is a cooking atrocity, just a little left of center. i also see her in his passion for bread, jellies, and gardens.
3. i'm like mama--sometimes when i talk to the kids, word for word, it is my mom. it's like when it happens i just hear it and can't decide if i just said that or if i was hearing my mom say it to me.
4. elise is like me--ian "occasionally" gets into something and elise goes, "ian dean barnett! what have you done?" all the cadences are a dead on impersonation!
5. could i make this list without mentioning adam being like dadddy?--he's AC, after all--"adrian clone". of course there are differences, but there are moments when i hear him talk--and it isn't just his voice, it's the topic of conversation as well--and i know that if i look over i will see my daddy. he'll say something that i know the only other person in the world who would have said that would be my dad!
6. logan is like many of the jarrell clan when it comes to animals--a cat was hiding out under our car this weekend & the first (and only) one out there is logan trying to rescue it. although various ones of us love animals, logan got his animal genes from grandma jarrell and crew, b/c he takes it to a whole new level.