What's This...?

...One of his new favourite questions. Even when he knows the answer, he just likes to ask the question, because he can.

He is changing so much everyday, I can hardly keep up with it. Its impossible to remember it all for this blog. These are some of his latest things:

• The word eyelash. He loves it, and he loves softly poking me in the eye as he says it.

• Counting one, two, three and then flinging his arms in the air, joyfully shouting Yeah! (too much time spent watching Waybuloo...)

• Singing the Family Song (the one I made up for him with the names of everyone in his family to the tune I learnt the alphabet to as a child) He can hold a tune quite well, and remember the words, only mixing them up a little.
  
  

• Dressing up. Sometimes he opens up the wash basket and drags out his Daddy's shirts, he drapes them over his little shoulders and runs towards the mirror, killing himself with laughter as he looks at his reflection. He dressed up yesterday in Daddy's scarf and his sun hat. He thought he looked brilliant.
  
  
• Trying on my shoes. And then trying to walk in them....which always ends in tears as he constantly stumbles over. Luis's big shoes proving the most frustrating....
  
  

• Helping around the house. He sweeps the floor, dusts, and absolutely loves filling up the wash basket to take downstairs to the laundry. At some point nearly every morning I think, he empties my scarf drawer into the basket and drags it to the top of the stairs for me.
  
  

• Cooking. He insisted on wearing one of my aprons (i will have to make him his own I think) and with his little table set up in the kitchen, we made anzac biscuits together, and a couple of days ago, we made playdough. We turned the playdough into pretend cupcakes in little paper cases, and Toby fed them to Gaw-Gaw with a cup of tea, shouting Yummy! on Gaw-Gaw's behalf.
  
  
• In the mornings, when Daddy leaves for work, he watches out the windows and waves goodbye. A few days ago, it crossed his mind that Gaw-Gaw should probably say goodbye too, so now Gaw-Gaw waves goodbye with his empty paw (all the little beans that used to fill it have mysteriously disappeared, with no visible hole to explain the absence) and even blows kisses. Gaw-Gaw grows more important to Toby everyday, he gets stinkier too....