It was picture day at daycare yesterday. All the little girls looked so cute in their dress up clothes. Tyler looked very handsome too. I stayed to watch his picture and boy did that photographer have his hands full. The goal was for the child to sit in front of a background with some colorful pillows around him. I warned the photographer that Tyler wouldn't stay sitting for long. He ended up taking three great pictures. One of Tyler sitting. One of him laying on his belly, and one of him standing. I was just glad he was smiling for all three.

This child still will not leave his shoes on and he's coming home from daycare with filthy socks. It doesn't matter which shoes he's wearing. He has figured out how to take them off so that's what he spends his time doing. Hopefully he'll get bored with that game soon. Another thing he is very good at is listening to instructions when they are task-oriented. Things like take off your clothes and put them in the hamper. He'll go all the way down the hall, into his bedroom, put them in the hamper and come back to the bathtub. What a stud! In the morning after he's had some cuddle time, it's dropping Softy off in the crib. He does this with me holding him and it is so cute because I can tell he doesn't really want to let go of Softy. But he does. He brushes his hair, his teeth (ok, I help a little, but he prefers to do these things on his own), and picks up his toys. It's great. But when it comes to listening to instructions with the word "don't" in them, he just doesn't understand. Like "Don't put your hand in Chili's water dish." or "Don't slam the door." Maybe I should turn these into positive tasks instead. Hmmmm then I'd be a wonderfully patient mom, wouldn't I?!

Our coffee table has turned into Tyler's stage. He loves music and can find rhythm in any sound. For example, last night Shawn was chopping garlic with his fancy knife the way only chefs on TV know how to. Tyler started dancing to the beat. So funny. But to dance, he has to climb onto the coffee table because that's his stage. He hasn't fallen off yet--knock on wood--and seems to understand where the edge is. But it only takes one time, so we encourage him to dance on the ground. His ground dancing is more pelvic, like Elvis-kind of dancing. Whereas the table dancing consists of hundreds of tiny steps and stomps. Like Greek dancing. This kid is an entertainer.