Tuesday 30 December 2014

What Jimmy is doing...

I thought it was high time to share some of the things Jimmy has been doing lately, things that are not vacuuming or playing in the snow...
He'll get my camera, turn it on and take photos. Usually of his feet or the carpet or the camera strap. He also just likes turning it on and then off, over and over. He will also leave little finger prints on the lens... and I don't realise they are there until after I've taken a dozen or so photos...
Walking. And holding my hand. It took some effort to get him to hold my hand while walking around, but he does it quite willingly now, and it is one of the best things ever. Especially when he puts his hand out for mine...
Jimmy likes getting into boxes of all sizes...
It can take a few goes...
And a bit of patience...
And then he looks at me or Michael and says "GO!"... He hasn't quite realised that not all boxes are created equal, and there are just some boxes that we simply cannot push around the apartment. No matter how insistent he is...
Mucking around with Dad. They play a little rougher than Jimmy and I do, which is good, because Jimmy needs the exertion (and Michael loves it), and the giggles... oh the giggles!
Jimmy has started moving things from one container to another, and back again or on to another container (or the floor). One night he took Michaels' empty bowl and started transferring his own dinner into it...
Anything will do... water from his cup into a bowl...
Or the last rose petals of the year...
Jimmy likes hanging out with us. He also likes being about to do thing we do, like walk about holding my mobile phone...
He has been enjoying the leaves on the ground and throwing the big blue ball on the tennis court...
Jimmy has been pretty good about being taken outside in almost any temperature... Here he is, when it was windy, icy, and I was hoping to catch some trick-or-treaters in action... we didn't see anyone, but it was cold...
Always the good helper, Jimmy wants a part in everything we do, even helping Dad attach the rear rack to his bicycle. We'll have him doing maintenance on his own little bicycle by the time he starts school...
Investigating, exploring, walking around, smiling and waving at strangers while Dad and Mum stand back and watch...
Although we stick close to him while he's on stairs...
Did I mention Jimmy's love of getting into boxes and saying "GO!"?

Jimmy also loves books, and through his love of books as come the love of hide-and-seek... one day Michael or I might remember to take a step back and take photo mid game... one day... when we're not engrossed in choosing the best hiding spots or making decoys...

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