A few things Honor is starting to do: He now says “uh-oh” and “up”, along with “dog” (and the barking noise for cat or dog), “kitty” and “hot”. And still a lot of “eh, eh” when he wants something. The last few days he’s been dragging a blanket out of his room and laying down on the floor and covering himself up. He lays there for about, oh, half a second, before he tries to roll over and then gets all tangled up in the blanket and freaks out because he things something is trying to keep him from moving. (Speaking of blanket Eden pronounces it “blan-quit” and pillow “piddow”. Cute.)

He’s really interested in climbing up to the table and pouring out the whole entire salt shaker. I can’t count how many times the floor has been swept and still salt is sticking to my bare feet. He also really enjoys the light switch. And now that he has discovered that he could move the dining room chairs around, he has open access to the light switches.

About half the time, he will sit on the floor to eat his snack. I consider this a great accomplishment. Any time this child will hold still, it is AMAZING. Truly amazing.

Eden has taken to pretending that Honor is either a monster or a dinosaur or on the rare occasion, both. She runs from him yelling, “The MONSTER, the MONSTER.” He enjoys it because she allows him to tackle her. Which he does about any time he feels like it. But she’s tough, and I figure for all the mauling she did to him him in his younger days, she deserves it.

And his favorite toys. Umm, yeah, we already went over that, the salt, a blanket, the light switch and of course his old stand by, the toilet. This boy doesn’t play with toys. I’ve been trying to get him to take some quite time each day in his play pen. Only for about 10 or 15 minutes or so, but OH MY LORD, he does not like it. He yells the whole time. It’s almost easier on me to clean up the mess than hear him yell.

He’s also started to make this face. He thrusts out his jaw and sets his teeth. Like, “Go ahead and try me. I won’t do it.” Very cunning, this little punk.