Monkey See Monkey Do

Mr Smiles here was quite pleased with himself for having just tipped over the dirty diaper pail

Oscar got new shoes for his birthday, and though still a little big, he's pretty excited about them. When I ask him where he shoes are, he look around till he finds them and scurries off to bring them to me. He says "shoo . . . shoo" while he waves it around grinning from ear to ear.

And our little copy cat here is delighted with his nose blowing skills. He learnt a few weeks ago to put tissue up to his face and make a hissing noise with his mouth. Now he is getting the idea a bit more. He's certainly had lots of fine nose blowing examples from mama and mike the past week with some terrible colds. Somehow, he seems to have missed this one. We just have to teach him not to use the dish towel