Silly Dancing

This morning, Luke started going nuts dancing to the music or beat on his electric keyboard. For awhile, he was be-bopping on the ground, sitting in front of the keyboard - first swaying back and forth and then kicking his legs. Then it graduated to standing up and kicking his legs around while holding onto the playpen. Eventually, by the time I dared bring out the camera, he had settled on dancing in circles in the middle of the room. This of course makes him dizzy. :P Then, he found his lego kitty and enjoyed making her "fly"! Such a cute, silly little boy!

ABCs and 123s!

I finally got a video of Luke saying all his letters and numbers! He struggles a bit with "W" and "7" because they are more than one syllable, but other than that, he does really well! I guess the next step is to get him to be better at recognizing them, not just repeating after me. :)

Figuring out Legos!

I just started making these single block towers out of legos for something to do while Luke "played" with them - which is usually quite unconventional. Then, he noticed what I was making, grabbed one, and was actually quite good at putting it on this house thing that I had made during a previous playtime! It seemed to help to have something more substantial for his hand to grip. Keep your ear open for him saying "Here you go, Mommy" - that's one of his new favorite phrases - so cute!

Oh, and the whole "upside down" thing in this video - I thought he would know what I was talking about because I say, "No, that's upside down" all the time when he's working with his puzzles and he'll turn the piece around and get it in the spot correctly. Well, he was rotating these towers around, thinking that's what I meant - he didn't quite get that they needed to be flipped over. Eventually though, in this play session, after demonstrating what I meant, he actually started to figure it out - and even turned them over without any prompting a few times! :)

Saying "Mommy" and Other Words

Joanna reminded me that I should get a video of Luke saying "Mommy", which he has only been saying for the past couple weeks. He used to call me "Mee". I threw in a few more words here, too, just for fun.

Playdough

We finally invested in some playdough toys so that there would be something more interesting to do with it than just poke it and make shapes with your hands (Luke can't do the latter yet anyway). He really enjoyed using this toy that makes thick spaghetti strips. I love the times he's working at it so hard that he sticks his tongue out. :P

Slip 'n Slide

After Luke had sufficient time to recover from the shock of the water slide, he expressed interest in trying the slip 'n slide! So, Nathan pushed him down the slide a few times - this video captures the first two and you can already see the growing enjoyment as he gets used to it. After he's done, he says "more". :)

Waterslide Trauma

Luke was so brave to try the waterslide that all the cousins were doing! Unfortunately, the shock of COLD water at the bottom, was a little too much for him. Poor thing. :(