Hi again everybody, here’s some additional Sunday outfit pictures to enjoy.

Observations/stories:
• Well, well, well… it seems our sweet innocent little boy has been pulling a fun prank at daycare! We got a note the other day about our “ian’s pickpocketing” and of course immediately needed to know the details. It turns out Ian has been walking up to the smaller babies at daycare, which are strapped into a highchair or otherwise unable to move, glancing to make sure that no caregiver is looking, and then stealing the pacifier right out of their mouthes! He apparently does not even put it in his own mouth but is doing this for sport! I’m also told that if a caregiver IS looking, he gets a mischievous gleam in his eye and does it anyway.

• We also found out from our babysitter (whom works at the daycare facility) that Ian has been allowed to run all over the daycare into other age group’s areas and that he basically tries to socialize with all of the kids… even the 8 and 9 year olds. She said he made noises and conversational gestures. This goes right in line with what Melissa and I have seen from not only daycare but also the nursery at church and the women’s group that Melissa goes to on Tuesdays. You put him on the floor and off he goes to meet and play. I’ve often seen him trying to share a toy and commonly I’ve seen him give the toy he has to somebody else… sometimes me. There’s a small pang of hurt when you see him run off without so much as an over-the-shoulder glance, but you know, it is better than the times when he doesn’t want you to leave — those will break your heart.

• Today I put a hat on Ian’s head (more like a visor…) upside-down. He started to take it off, but I was laughing and this caused some hesitation. He went to take it off again and I said “Show mama.” He stopped trying to remove it and immediately spun around and worked his way over to the side of the room where Melissa could see him!

• Melissa – “This is a turkey, it says ‘gobblegobblegobblegobble.'” Ian – “Bahcklebahcklebachklebahckle.”

• General observation with ramifications to follow: Our house is not set up well for a great number of things. It’s not great for one kid, and as we talk about another, I realize that it simply is not practical for such a situation. We don’t even need more rooms, we simply need a better floorplan. Despite the risk and the very bad timing for the housing market, we’re deeply considering finding a new home. Ouch.

There goes my lens cap again… he likes the one on the video camera too, as viewers of Ian’s Greatest Hits Volumes II and III will soon discover. See this image larger.

He’s puffing his cheeks here because he knows he’s about to fall down. Nature’s airbags. Seriously he did fall right after this picture… but yeah, probably not so much on that air bag theory. See this image larger.