of tonka trucks and fish faces

today we built a tunnel with your mega-bloks and you drove the tonka cars and trucks through it into a basket on the the other side of the table. you'd get really frustrated when they cars didn't roll straight and wouldn't make it all the way through. But once all the cars were in the basket, you'd lift it up, dump it out on the table and start it all over again.

you were video chatting with Nana later in the afternoon and we got out your animal book. I went through the noises with you, and then you started doing it yourself. and you did everything, including the fish face! it was the cutest thing to see you try to move your little mouth like we do. You've got the lion (growling), the chimp (oo-aa-ing), the cow (mooing), the owl (hooing), the kitten (mewing), and chicks (cheeping, although it sounds like deet deet deet!) all down pat, and sometimes the dog (woofing). you do the frog (ribbit)--including hopping your finger around your belly and on the book--and the pig (oink) too but they don’t sound quite right--definitely Tim-ized. your favorite though is the bee (buzzing)--you get a big smile on your face and move your pinched together thumb and forefinger all around your chest and belly while making the buzzing noise.