I LOVE hearing about his giant learning steps! I think you just let him hang out with Chris for a day (alone) and he'll come home talking about the categorical imperative and asking "How do you know you're really Dad?". :)

When we hang out with other kids, most of the older kids aren't interested in playing with him. Kids his age don't really play together, they play side by side. These cousins were really excited to see him and made a huge effort to include him in their games.

What a lovely few days. If you know anything about my family, it's that we have plenty of rough patches. This vacation was nothing but enjoyment, which I think my family really needed. Harmony is so much more pleasant!

Lovely Theo update :)

Ignoring the little girl who tried to kick a barely-flying baby bird and the Toy Story Lot bus driver who somehow thought Mike Tyson and Charlie Sheen "impersonations" were an appropriate way to "entertain" us on the way to the lot, we had a simply perfect day at Disneyland today, my 3 year old niece's first visit. She had a ton of fun, and she and Theo got along so well. Plus, Theo for the first time actively enjoyed an attraction, the Tiki Room (no surprise considering his love of music and fascination with birds). Today was a special day.

And this happened.

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Holy carp!!! Congratulations on the rediculously high score!

That's pretty tricky how you took the gun from Theo's hand right before the picture was taken.

Yeah, 400,000! Can you BELIEVE IT??!!

Grr. I couldn't see the pictures on my old computer, I could see them on my new computer and now I can't anymore. I can see them at work if they're attached and not hosted. WTF.