Ryan LOVES chocolate graham crackers -- can you tell?





He suddenly decided one day that he wanted to wear his bib, after not wearing one for almost a year. One day he wore it all afternoon, even while playing with his blocks and puzzles. Must be part of the same dress-up phase where he likes to put on hats and shoes.



He also banned his high chair and graduated to a "big boy" booster seat this week.



Sometimes he tucks in his stuffed panda, who he calls Mama. The other day he laid her down on the windowsill, covered her with his napkin, patted her back, and said "night-night, Mama."




Time to get up!



Ryan also likes to color. (We got him the giant floor pad after he colored on the living room walls last weekend.)


Red is his favorite:



Reading with Daddy:



Ryan's language skills have taken off explosively within the last 1-2 months. He talks all the time, and (finally!) uses words to tell us what he wants. I've lost track of all the words he knows, but one of his current favorites is "mine!", although he usually says it in a cheerful tone....at least for now. He often says it when he finds the cat laying on one of his books.

He has recently become obsessed with Thomas the Train, and does this awesome dance to the theme song. We finally captured it on video this afternoon, so we'll try to post a clip in the next few days.