We went to Mark & Cathi's wedding yesterday. Trying to keep Tyler quiet through the ceremony was impossible, but thankfully it was a very short ceremony. At the reception, he really turned on the charm. Within minutes of entering the reception hall, Tyler located the dance floor and began dancing. How does he know you dance on the dance floor? I mean, you could hear the music from all parts of the room he wandered through, but he didn't dance until he was on that dance floor. That is very curious to me.

We have discovered Tyler has a dancing routine. He uses the same moves at home when he plays with the drumming frog and singing bear Grandpa Neb got him, but now we have confirmation he carries this routine over to other types of music. No idea where he learned this routine and we have yet to capture it on video tape, although we've tried many times. But it is hilarious. He leans forward at the waist, bends his knees, sticks his arms out behind him and sways side to side four times. Then he stands upright and begins turning around and around. Sometimes just two times around, sometimes he spins until he gets dizzy and falls down. If he's still got the rhythym, he starts walking backwards, which somebody pointed out looks like a moonwalk. At home, he incorporates this jitterbug thing where he shakes his body quickly without moving his feet. But apparently he's not ready to do that move in public. There were other kids, none quite as into dancing as Tyler, but they were all watching him intently. Whenever he was approached by another kid though, Tyler backed off. His dance moves are definitely made for one. This was all done in the first hour, while the wedding party took pictures, and by the time the real music started, Tyler was sound asleep. As Daddy said, he peaked a little early.