Storybook

We finally replaced the batteries...

A few notes:

• Atticus has lately started putting pairs of words together more and more often (e.g., "sit down," "water, daddy," um, and other combinations that now escape me)
• "Sit down" comes out more like "shit down."
• he loves his shoes so, so, so much--wants them on always just about (just like dad). The only point during the pediatrician's examination of him on Monday (some kind of virus) during which he did not cry and scream was when the pediatrician assisted me in putting Atticus's shoes back onto his feet.
• He also continues to be a fanatic about lights and ceiling fans and music. They must always be on. He threw a major fit when he discovered that I'd taken down the purple spider Halloween lights the other week. He was so disturbed by this change that he refused to eat his dinner.
• He's begun to watch a little television here and there--not a lot, of course, but we do record a couple of shows for him. His favorite is Nick Jr's "Jack's Big Music Show." He particularly likes Jack's dog, Mel. But when the show lapses into narrative a little too long, he loses interest. When the show ends, he says, "bye bye" to the puppets.