This one has PEDALS!

... and no training wheels! Check me out! Can you stand it?! I CAN'T! If I notice that my dad has let go of the bike and that I am doing it all by myself (GASP!) I will immediately put my feet down and say "Don't wet go, Daddy!!" So, in spite of myself... I can ride a two wheeler!

And this is me needing love from my mama after I got tired of my dad letting go of my bike. You've really got to watch your back around here.

Ode to Bird Song

This is me camped out by the stereo listening to track #2 over and over and over again. I call it Bird Song. Actually, the Fleet Foxes call it White Winter Hymnal. But Bird Song is more fitting. I concentrate very hard while it plays and I don't approve when someone tries to sing along. Sometimes I sing along, but the words go really fast and it's hard to keep up. I've also found that if I get the iPod going at the same time as Bird Song, I can harmonize Bird Song with Robots by Kraftwerk. It works best if I turn up the volume on both really LOUD. I am my father's son. What else can I say?

The Dentist!

Check me out! I had my first visit to the dentist! ...and I LOVED It!! I have been asking to go back every day since. They had a water gun, and air gun, and all sorts of tasty stuff they put in my mouth. I even got to pick the flavors: grape paste and bubble gum fluoride (which unfortunately wasn't real gum). And no shots! It was great.

I am also trying to make some progress (or seriously resisting) learning how to put my own shoes on. Last night my mom told me that if I could put my checker shoes on all by myself, she would take me to go listen to a hooting owl after the sun went down. I really didn't want to put my shoes on by myself... but I really really wanted to hear that owl! So after a LOT of crying, I finally relented. I worked and shoved and cried and shoved and cried and cried and finally PUT MY OWN DARN SHOES ON!!!!

Next up? My jacket.