Imagination

Suddenly, all of the little stuffed and plastic animals are HUNGRY! Luckily Liam is here to help them eat.

Also, the baby is learning how to walk. It is impossibly funny to see her wobble and fall down.

And speaking of rip-roaring comedy, "On Top of Spaghetti" is a major hit around her. Liam will add a charming sneezing counterpoint, too.

Jeremy is on his way to Nashville. Eeeek! Pretty exciting--

I have to give up on keeping track of all of Liam's words, but I have noticed a cool rhyming pattern. He seems more likely to remember and re-use words if they rhyme-- or almost rhyme-- with words he already knows. Like: Tummy, Honey, Bunny. When Liam hands me a book to read he says "Das hier", which actually could still be the English "that here", but in a toddler accent...