Reid - 5/29/2015

Reid ate two servings of oatmeal and dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, two servings of elbow noodles, two servings of peas, and two servings of applesauce.  After Cooper washed I noticed his cranberries were all gone.  Reid said, "Ate Cooper's cranberries!!"  And he also slicked up all of Cooper's leftover peas at lunch.  Ha!

These first two pictures were taken yesterday afternoon.  Cooper and Reid were telling Elliott to "PULL!!"  Ha ha!  They weren't thrilled with the lack of progress!

This wasn't the safest thing to be doing, but at least I moved the geo-climber back so he wouldn't bonk his head on that.  Cooper was jumping up and down and Reid was just sitting there watching with a silly grin on his face.  Ha!

Stretching out and getting ready for the day at Gary's Daycare.  Ha!  He was doing this and I grabbed the camera because I thought it was cute.  By the time I got the camera he was done so this is actually a "reenactment!"  :)  Thank you Reid and well done!

They did some coloring with markers at Art Time and sticking colored tape on their pictures.  I hung their art work on the wall next to "Monte" so you can check it out.  Then the boys were jumping off the climber and igloo yelling "Cannonball!"  They were also holding hands and jumping off the balance beam.  Reid jumped first and about yanked Cooper's arm off.  Cooper said, "Don't pull me off the diving board!"
A school bus pulled up to the curb, stopped, and shut off it's motor.  So I let the boys go to the front yard and check it out.  Cooper was saying things like; "That's the one my Sissy's are in!"  "Why did they stop?"  "They need some gas!"  :)

Reid - 5/28/2015

Reid ate raisin english muffin and three servings of blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate turkey sandwich, bite of green beans, and ate strawberries.  Reid LOVES to get the babies their bibs at meal time.  Cooper, on the other hand, wants to get his own bib!  And Reid is figuring that out too!  Yesterday he handed Cooper his bib and Cooper started crying and hung it back up so he could get it himself.  Ha!  Today Elliott was the last one to his breakfast highchair (napping) and Reid jumped up from the table and ran to get Elliott's bib.  "Me get baby's bib!" he said.  So that has become one of his jobs here at Daycare!

Cooper always loved having Mia read to him and today he asked Reid, "Read to me?"  So I got a picture of them doing some reading.  Shortly after this Cooper got up on the arm of the couch and got into the right position and said (in a bossy way), "Now Read!!"  Ha ha!

This picture actually should have went with the breakfast notes above!  I took this after Reid was done with those delicious blueberries!!  He looks like a satisfied boy!!  :)  Here's another story about meal times!  A few days back I wrote in Cooper's Blog about Cooper getting his own soap at every meal and every time asking me; "Is this better?" or usually he asks; "Is this enough?"  (Holding out his hand for me to see his pile of soap!)  Now he has Reid saying it and yesterday Reid held out his hand with soap and asked Cooper, "This enough?"  Ha ha!  He's thinks Cooper is the expert.

I'm ALWAYS calling Reid, "Bode or Tate"!!!!  Geez!!  And sometimes it's all three before I get the right one!  I didn't even catch myself one day and Reid said, "Hey! You called me Bode!"  Ha ha!

They also did some stamps and stickers at Art Time.  Lots of jumping onto the mattress where Cooper was saying, "I flying like a bird!  I flap my arms up and down!"  After that Cooper and Reid were watching me clean and put new batteries in my hearing aids.  Cooper looked at Reid and asked him, "Do you have some of those at your house?"  Ha ha!  

Reid - 5/26/2015

Reid ate three servings of cinnamon roll - no canned prunes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate scrambled eggs and hash brown combo, three servings of waffles, and two servings of cantaloupe.  When he was walking to wash his hands Sophie held out a piece of cantaloupe (from her highchair) and Reid took it and ate it.  Ha ha! Reid said, "Sophie got me one!!"  (Friend for life!  Just feed me!)

Reid and Cooper were playing with these spinning toys you see in the picture.  They are really stinking LOUD, but thankfully Baby Layla is a sound sleeper!  :)

Reid was standing by and watching Cooper work hard at assembling his "ladder."  (Using fence pieces.)  I like how intently Reid is watching.  It was actually quite impressive and especially so considering how it was barely holding on at the bottom on the tiny ledge of the table.  We also read Special books and Reid introduced "two-fisted" dot painting at Art Time.  (And Cooper endorsed that approach as well!)  Hey, you can cover that paper pretty quickly when you paint with both hands!!

Everyone else was already asleep when I took this picture of Sophie and Reid.  Earlier she had laid her head on his chest and it was soooo cute.  (No camera for that one.)  She was trying to grab some of his hair, but those buzz cuts prevent that!!  He is super sweet and gentle with the babies.

One of the times I wiped Reid's nose this morning he blew really well!!  YES!  I was very excited and he loved that.  I put the tissue up to his nose and bam - he blew!  I don't know if he even knows how it happened!  Ha ha!  But we now know he can do it!

Reid - 5/22/2015

Reid ate brown rice and raisins for breakfast.  For lunch he ate meatloaf (after announcing, "Me like meatloaf!"  Ha!), pita bread, taste of carrots, and ate apricots.  

Reid does very well with the younger kids.  He and Elliott were the only ones here today and Reid was so good to him!  I took this picture when they were both playing on the mattress.  I've mentioned in previous Blogs how he has tried to help the babies when they start crying.  Yesterday I was getting a bottle for Sophie and she started to whimper.  Reid immediately got her binky and had put it in her mouth by the time I arrived with her bottle.  Good job Ried!  Was he around babies at his other Day Care?  Hey!  I just remembered - Reid needs diapers!

We went for a walk and I pulled Reid and Elliott in the wagon.  They seemed to enjoy the ride, but I was the only one getting any exercise so we didn't go very far.  :)  Reid spotted some birds and laughed at some dogs barking at us.  When we got back to the yard we could hear a woodpecker, but we couldn't see him.  (I think it was probably a Flicker.)  His pecking was echoing so it was kind of hard to tell which way it was coming from.  Reid kept asking about the "woodpecker!"

I posted these next pictures from this morning after we got back from our walk.  The boys were playing on the geo-climber.

Reid was sitting on the teeter-totter and Elliott went over and climbed on too.  Again I was impressed with how careful Reid was with little Elliott.  And Elliott was obviously loving it!

I had to post this picture too because it looks like Elliott is holding up Reid.  I tried to take another picture, but they were in the shadows and the picture didn't turn out!  Reid was in the wagon and Elliott was attempting to pull the wagon!  Ha ha!  Very cute!

Reid - 5/21/2015

Reid ate three servings of cinnamon toast and ate grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate baked chicken, ate dinner roll, bite of hash browns, and ate cherries.

I'm posting block building pictures every day, but hey, that's what they've been doing every day!!  They love making the towers as tall as they possibly can!   Also in the picture below on the far wall is a picture of Lauralea and I taken several years ago.  Reid was looking at it and I asked,  "Who are those people?"  He said (while pointing), "That guy and that guy."  Ha ha!  I said, "That's Gary and Lauralea." He said, "Uhh, ok."  :)  He didn't sound real convinced!

Today was the first day Reid really had any interest in riding on the bikes.  He actually pedals very well, but I was lucky to get this picture because he didn't do it very long.  And he did it again later, but for a very short time as well.

The boys were playing by the fence and the neighbor's dog started barking at them AGAIN!  LOUDLY!!  They sprinted under the big climber and hid out!  This happened twice and I was ready with the camera the second time!  Reid said, "That dog barking at us!!"  Cooper started howling and running and Reid was following close behind.

Reid - 5/20/2015

Reid ate whole wheat bagel and peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ham, mac-n-cheese, corn, and apple slices.

I think this picture was taken on Monday.  Reid was standing on a stool looking at Baby Layla and playing with a shaker.  Today I had Layla laying on the couch and I was grabbing her bottle to feed her.  She was hungry and was starting to yell.  When I went back out with the bottle Reid was standing beside her using these shakers and had her calmed down and distracted.  (I was only slightly concerned when I saw he was shaking them just a couple of inches above her head!)  I thanked him for being such a big helper and he was grinning all over.

The boys did lots of jumping and playing on the mattress.  I get a kick out of Reid because he'll bonk against the igloo and then flop straight over backwards onto the mattress and he laughs every time.  Sophie had gotten slightly kicked by Elliott and she was fussing so I was laying on the mattress comforting her.  Reid was standing above me on the balance beam and asked, "Want me to jump over you!?"  LOL!  "Nope!  I sure don't!" I said, as I scrambled to my feet!  :)

Here's a picture of the boys doing some painting this morning.  They used their brushes and also did some finger painting as well.

The boys played with the blocks a lot this morning!  They were primarily building very tall towers which I thought was threatening the lives of the babies!  :)  So I asked them if they wanted to build a house.  Reid said, "No; a Fort!"  Ha!  And then Cooper said, "No; a Fort!!"  So we built a fort and you can see Cooper peeking out and Reid diving over the fort walls!

I already told Lesley this story, but I want to put it in the Blog as well.  Last Friday afternoon Bode was squatted on the Patio outside and doing what we called (as kids) the "duck walk."  I told him, "I remember our teachers in P.E. making us do the "duck walk" the full length of the gym."  Bode looked at me for a few seconds and then said, "Was that because they hadn't invented walking yet!?" LOL!  Oh man, I roared!  I said, "Yup! You got it!"

Reid - 5/18/2015

I just wanted to mention that when the kids arrive after 10:30 I usually don't do a Blog for that day.  (The other primary reason for no Blogs would be an extra busy morning with Babies!!)  I take notes for the Blogs in the morning and use those notes for writing at Nap Time.  It's pretty busy from 10:30 with feeding babies, Art Time, Reading, Lunch @ 11:30, etc.  So.....Reid had some Daddy Time this morning and arrived at 11:00.  :)

Reid - 5/15/2015

Reid ate a large serving of oatmeal for breakfast - was not interested in trying the canned prunes.  (Cooper and Elliott love those prunes because they are sweetened.)  For lunch he had a couple bites of hash brown casserole, ate his biscuit, and mandarin oranges.  Reid burps LOUD after drinking from his cup at the end of almost EVERY meal and Cooper laughs.  Ha!  Today Reid said, "Me can burp really loud!!"  Yup you sure can buddy!

Another block picture!  However, like I've mentioned many times they always seem to find a new way to use the blocks and play with them.  Today it was an "animal trap."  Cooper (and then Reid) said, "We're building a trap!!"  "What for?" I asked.  Cooper said, "We trap the animals so they can't get out!"

One of the first days Reid was here I turned on the little fish tank and then pretended to tickle the fish. "Tickle tickle!" and then pretended they were biting me; "Ow ow ow!"  Reid was doubled over with laughter.  Today he said, "Hey Gary!  Tickle 'em!"  Ha ha!

There is almost always a dog laying on the back of the couch in the window of the house across the street.  We've watched those dogs for a long time.  Reid already looks for them.  Today he said, "Dog in that window!"  And the routine is to start signing, "How much is that doggie in the window, the one with the waggly tail?..."

 We had company stay with us last night (and the next two nights) and Cooper was looking at their rental car out the window.  A bird had pooped on the hood of the car and Cooper kept talking about that "stinking bird."  Ha ha ha!!  "We have to clean it up!!  That stinking bird!!"  I was proud!  :)  He said, "That stinks!  That dis-cuss-ton!"  (disgusting)  "We don't want 'em to poop on our head!  That would be funny!"  Reid laughed at that one!  Reid said, "That silly!"

Reid - 5/14/2015

Reid ate three servings of cinnamon toast and two servings of cantaloupe for breakfast.  For lunch he ate turkey slices, dinner roll, couple bites of green beans, and ate mangoes.  I apparently gave Reid a pink handled fork at lunch and he said, "Mine is pink!"  (And he wasn't happy about it!)  Ha ha!  So I asked him if he liked pink.  (He had a very serious look on his face!)  "No! I like blue!"  :)   Sorry!  Before breakfast I gave Reid a hug after he washed his hands and told him I loved him.  He said, "I love you too Gary."  Soooo sweet!  I forgot to ask him if he still loved me after giving him a pink fork!!  :)

Some more block building pictures; Cooper started building these on 'edge' and continued all the way across the room.  Reid joined him as soon as he was done eating breakfast.  "Look what we built Gary!" Cooper said.  Earlier, Reid was building a tower and Cooper was acting like he was ready to push it over; but he managed to refrain!  Reid said, "Don't knock over my tower!"  Cooper responded, "Gary tell me to knock it over!"  :)

Apparently this block building is hard work because they had to rest from their labor!  It was actually quite sturdy and it stood up to Elliott messing with it, although he eventually knocked it apart while the big boys were having fun with play dough.  Speaking of sturdy, I turned around and Reid (followed soon by Cooper) was on top of this row of blocks walking along very carefully.  Yikes!  I had to redirect that play!  An accident waiting to happen!!

Ok, here's a picture that is not about building blocks!!  These two boys had fun with the play dough and worked hard at it.  As you can see in the picture I have several things for them to use; pizza cutters, rolling pins, plastic knife, fork, and spoon, and lots of cookie cutters.  Reid was impressed with the cookie cutters and was naming them all; "Butterfly, heart, star, pig, rabbit, dolphin, duck, and a couple more.

Reid - 5/13/2015

Reid ate whole wheat toast and mixed berries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ham, crackers, a bite of bean & bacon soup, and ate strawberries.  Reid came in with an umbrella at breakfast time and Cooper started announcing (loudly) that he too had an umbrella at home!  So they proceeded to have a conversation about umbrellas and the necessity of owning one!  :)

Listening to their conversations is one of the funnest parts of my work!  Super entertaining!  Cooper was leaning his forehead against the window and said, "I have cold window on my forehead!"  Then we were doing some sign language this morning and I did the sign for "Yes."  Cooper said, "Yes!" And Reid said, "Knock on door of the house!"  Which is exactly what it looks like!  You also get a passing grade Reid!!

I took this picture yesterday afternoon, but I liked the precarious engineering feat of the two year olds.  :)  Notice the four small blocks in the middle and then the whole structure is off-set.  Reid is trying to off-set the other direction on the top yellow blocks.  Well, actually that was as far as he could reach!  Ha ha!

I love these building blocks (actually more like legos).  The kids never get tired of them and they are easy to maneuver.  Even for the younger kids like Elliott.  And we've tried many different styles of blocks over the years!!  This was the boys "sidewalk" they built.  Cooper recognized the "L" shape of the sidewalk and said, "L for Lauralea!!"  (We've obviously practiced everyone's "letter.")

The boys did lots of jumping and more jumping.  Cooper asked for the Panda Bear and they had a blast with the bears.  At least it was all going grand until Cooper ended up on the mattress with the Panda Bear on top of him and Reid on top of the Panda Bear.  All I could see of Cooper was his twitching feet sticking out!  Yikes!  But he went right back to jumping after some loves.  (And me convincing him that Reid meant him no harm!  Not sure he was convinced!)  Cooper was counting random numbers getting ready to jump and said, "Fourteen!"  Reid said, "Five-teen!"  Then Cooper yelled, "Templeton!  Blast Off!!"   By Story Time both boys were sweating profusely!!  :)

Reid - 5/12/2015

Reid ate two servings of whole wheat bagel and ate three servings of apricots for breakfast.  For second servings I hold out the choices for them to pick one.  Reid always points at two.  That makes me laugh.  Before starting to eat Reid said, "We already ate breakfast!"  And then commenced inhaling his plate of food!  Ha!  He cracks me up!  For lunch he ate chicken, elbow noodles, peas, and three servings of applesauce.

Cooper and Reid were exploring different ways to play on the new little couch (picture below).  We also sang songs, read books, did some coloring at Art, and worked on sign language.  Cooper was pretty cute doing signs and was proud of himself for being able to tell Reid what each sign meant.  Reid was intently watching and super interested!  Very cool!  He also got a kick out of our singing time.  I loved how he was clapping along - very enthusiastically!

My neighbor Willy was out mowing his lawn and he always looks to see if the kids might be at the window.  So Cooper waved and said, "Hi Big Willy!"  (That's my name for Willy.)  This was Reid's first time waving at Willy and I liked his version - "Hi Big Wooly!"  (Willy will think that's hilarious!)

Reid was sitting on the couch and Elliott was standing in front of him tugging playfully on Reid's blue blanket.  Reid just grinned at him and pulled his blanket away.  So Elliott started tugging on Reid's socks.  It was pretty cute because Elliott was intently watching Reid's reaction.  (Which was pretty mild!)  I'm not sure what Elliott was thinking or expecting, but after that he just wandered off to explore something else.  :)

Reid - 5/8/2015

Reid had several bites of kix cereal and ate raisins for breakfast.  For lunch he ate a large serving of ground beef, two servings of elbow noodles, two servings of apple slices, and two servings of mixed fruit.  After he was done he drank his almond milk and then some water and was holding his hands beside his mouth aiming some big burps in my direction.  I laughed of course, and that was more than enough encouragement for more of the same!!  :)  He was also talking about how Tate can burp!  Ha! But he did manage to say, "excuse me" so it's all good!

Lauralea read several books to Reid before she left for work and he was loving it.  I also read lots more to him later in the morning!  We love our Reid and it's nice to have him and the Templeton family back in our Program.

I propped baby Layla (3 month old) up in the chair and and asked Reid if he'd go stand by her so I could take a picture.  So cute.  These are the only two kids at Daycare today!  Cooper went to the Family Farm, Elliott is with Family on vacation in California, and Sophia is having a Mommy day.

We did some painting at Art Time and he painted in a circular motion and the end result looks pretty cool.  However, at this age it's all about the process, not the result!  It's fun to put paint on the paper and let them experiment with it.  I asked him if he wanted to use his fingers as well, but he wasn't interested in that.  :)

A couple of times he acted like he was a little bored so I just started building (without saying anything) with the legos and he came and joined right in.  I stepped back and watched him continue to build.  He built all the tower you see in the picture.  I did the same again later with the stacking cups.

Reid - 5/7/2015

Reid ate raisin english muffin and three servings of blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate chicken, crackers, a taste of sweet potatoes, and ate canned cherries.  Meal times are a little different with Reid than with Mia; primarily there is way less chatter!  Eating is a serious endeavor for Reid!  I don't have time to talk!  I'm busy eating!  :)

The boys had fun doing taping at Art Time.  Reid thought all the different tapes were pretty cool until we got to the "Miss Kitty" (I think that's what it's called!).  He said, "Reid don't like that one!"  Ha ha!  That made me laugh.  Cooper put one on his paper, but Reid wanted nothing to do with it!

I was writing their names on their art work and asking them, "What's your name?"  Cooper said, "His letter is Templeton!"  Isn't that cute?  :)

The fruit and vegetable food toys in this set can be put together with velcro.  (The white velcro sticks to the yellow velcro.)  And Cooper was looking for the other banana with white velcro.  Reid was looking at Cooper like he was crazy when Cooper was asking, "Where's the white banana?  Where's the white banana?"  So I showed Reid what Cooper was talking about.  :)  It's just a little piece of white velcro on the yellow banana!

Ok, here's an example of a typical "The World Revolves Around Me" 2 Year Old's perspective.  I was feeding Baby Sophie this morning and Baby Layla started getting hungry at the same time and started screaming for food.  She was in a baby seat and I was rocking her with my foot.  Reid comes over, carrying a book and asked, "Will you read me this book?"  Ha ha ha!  Cracked me up!  You betcha! I got nothing else going on at the moment!!

Reid - 5/6/2015

Reid ate two servings of biscuits and three servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he had a couple bites of baked beans, ate dinner roll, a large serving of peas, and a large serving of pineapple.  He ate everything except the baked beans and I asked him to try a bite so he did.  "What do you think of that?"  He said, "Tasty!"  Ha ha.  However he only had a couple bites of the "tasty" beans - I think he was kind of full from everything else.

These first two pictures were taken yesterday afternoon when Reid and Sophie were the only two awake.  Reid really likes this pop-up toy in the picture and Sophie came smoking over to mess with it too.  I told Reid he could take it in the Big Box if he wanted to be away from the baby.  However, she managed to push down a pop-up piece and Reid said, "Thank you!"  That was sooooo CUTE!  (And even more so because I wasn't expecting it!!)  Then he took her hand (like you see in the picture) and was showing her how to work it.  I love the concentration on his face.  It was very very sweet!

Then after that they were just laying there each chewing on something when I took this picture.  (They were having a bonding moment!)  Very cute.

Cooper said, "We have yellow shirts!  We have yellow shirts!"  (He and Reid.  Except Reid has his blanket in the picture below so you can barely see his yellow shirt.)  They had the cups lined up in the window and Cooper said, "Let's count them!!"  So they were counting them and that was hilarious to listen to. Cooper said, "I counted all the numbers!!"  Yup!  You pretty much did!

Reid - 5/5/2015

Reid ate two servings of chicken and cheese quesadilla, couple bites of carrots, and ate mandarin oranges for breakfast.  One of my routines is having the kids sit at the table and wait for their turn to wash when they are done eating.  This is only the third day for Reid and he did very good at lunch.  I reminded him and went to help Cooper for a minute.  Reid was still sitting and waiting to wash when I returned.  I was very proud of him and told him "thank you very much for listening to your Gary."  He said, "You're welcome."  That was so sweet and cute.  Nice job Reid.

Cooper handed Reid his bib and was saying, "Mine is red and yours is green."  Reid said, "I don't like green.  Tate like green!"  Ha ha.  Green is Cooper's favorite color!

I found some "Bathtub Finger-paint Soap" and I used these trays because Walmart only had two colors and one was yellow so I didn't think it'd show up on the yellow table.  The first thing Cooper asked - "Don't you have green!?"  Reid was not impressed with the whole idea, but he liked watching Cooper.  I asked him if he wanted to play in it and Reid said, "That would be icky!!"  As you can tell by the picture Cooper had it up to his elbows.  He said, "I'm all covered in bath paint!"

They built with blocks and we had Story Time after Reid arrived.  They also played lots on the climber and igloo; jumping onto the mattress.  They do it over and over - working very hard at it!

Right before Nap Time Reid asked me to turn on the fish tank.  (I have a very small cylinder shaped tube with fake fish!  The best kind, but they do look real!)  I said I would as soon as he woke up from his nap.  He gave that some thought and a couple minutes later said, "My Mom told me not to sleep here!"  Oh man that was sooo funny.  But he was really serious and I didn't want to laugh.  I responded, "I think she said that she wanted you to sleep here."  :)  He shook his head "no."  But he totally cooperated with me.  It was very cute.  Nice try Reid!

Reid - 5/4/2015

Reid ate breakfast at home and arrived at Daycare around 10:15.  For lunch he ate two servings of ham sandwich, had a couple sips of tomato soup, and ate lettuce salad.  After he had a sip of tomato soup (I offer them a straw) I asked him if he liked it.  He shook his head and said, "No!" He did try one more sip though.  :)

The first thing he did was take off his shoes and start jumping on the mattress!  He also jumped off the igloo onto the mattress.  So I took this picture to show everyone what that looks like; especially for those who haven't been here!  :)

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend.  (Of course Reid just started on Friday so he only had one day of the last toy set!)  I do a toy exchange every two weeks and I have 8 different toy sets.  It really helps keep the kids engaged and they don't get bored as quickly.  Reid liked the pop-up toy you see in the picture.  It sings a different song with every pop-up critter!

I took this picture because I like the "foundation" of the closest tower!  (Notice the two small blocks holding it all up!)  I was amazed that it stood as long as it did!  They are working on the second tower and it's built just like the closest one!  Ha ha!

I asked Reid if he wanted to join us for Story Time - "no."  But as soon as I started reading he was right there and he stayed for several stories.  :)  One of the books has shapes and colors and he did pretty well identifying those.  

Reid - 5/1/2015

I'm starting a Blog for Reid today - his first day back at Little Treasures!  I'm thrilled to have Reid back!  :)  His Blog will usually contain a picture or two, what he has eaten for breakfast and lunch, and two or three comments about his morning.  I do the Blogs at nap time and it's all contingent on the schedule of the Babies I have!!  :)  But his Blog will usually post daily between 12:30 and 2:30.

Today Reid ate oatmeal and cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate everything as well: ground beef, elbow noodles, peas, and applesauce.  

I thought this was a great picture for Reid's first day.  Cooper was the one who initiated the 'hand holding' and I thought it was so cute.  They are preparing to jump off the climber.

We made a "Goodbye" banner for Mia at Art Time and the kids had fun with that project.  Mia kept saying, "This is my first day!"  Later in the morning she was getting it right; "This is my last day!"

Here's a picture of Baby Sophie getting acquainted with Reid!  He's hanging upside-down on the fence.  Reid had a great morning!  He played with lots of different toys and did lots of jumping on the mattress and flopping off the igloo onto the mattress!  At Story Time two or three times he reached over and was rubbing the top of my head.  That made me laugh.  Then one time he kissed my head too.  :)  And he listened to my words real well this morning when I needed to redirect him.  I told him several times how pleased I was when he would listen to me.