Monday, November 10, 2008

Party Tricks

Lawson has a bunch of relatively new tricks that I thought I'd lump together in one big post for you tonight.

1. On his birthday, my mom started teaching Lawson to show how old he is and just recently, he's doing it consistently. In this pic, I just asked how old he was (I didn't hold up my finger) and he showed me. Sometimes, he'll also say "wa" - about as close to "one" as we can get right now.

2. Lawson is a climber.... He's been showing signs, but it's official now. He loves to show off how well he can get up on his rocking chair, or the sofa. Here he is climbing up on his musical table (complete w/ his squishy face). Oh, and he tried to climb up the bookcase tonight. Fabulous... Guess it's time to harness that stuff to the wall...

3. Lawson can turn the tv on and off. The one in the living room is fairly low to the ground and this weekend, he went up to the box, turned it on and sat down on the couch. He watched for a minute or two and then went up and turned it off and walked away. Too funny!

4. He's learning about dressing and undressing. Once I get his arms out of his shirt, he loves to pull it over his head. Today, he tried putting his socks on by himself! It didn't quite work, but I was so happy to see him try.

5. Lawson shares. It's really cute. He likes to share his binky, his sippy cups, food off his tray (sometimes fresh, sometimes already tasted). Most of this is pretty gross, but I'm so happy he's sharing, I can't ignore it. Tonight, he fed me the last of his cheeseburger for dinner after he'd had all he wanted (at least it was fresh). Guess he figured I put chunks of food in his mouth, he should return the favor... (By the way, I don't actually drink his milk, suck on his binky, or eat his pre-chewed food - I just pretend....)

6. He's drinking out of my big mug. I keep this 32 oz. mug of water with me most of the day and Lawson loves to drink out of it. In this picture, it's almost full. As you can see from the front of his shirt, the process is still a little messy, but the fact that he can lift it and drink is pretty cool.

2 comments:

Katie said...

Awww....this is great! I can't believe how long his hair has gotten!

Jessica said...

Alyssa just recently learned to climb too! I never even thought about her climbing on her table! Great! Maybe she won't think about it either!
I love the "one" picture! We've tried so hard with that one!
Oh btw, the tv button thing will eventually drive you nuts. TRU carries this "tv button protector thingy." It is just a plastic cover but a total headache saver! Alyssa would change the channel, brightness, sound, you name it!
I agree with Katie! His hair is getting long! Lawson is a cutie!