At 18 months, Sam is pretty much the most delightful part of my life right now. This is what he's up to lately:
1. Picking up clothes, toys, shoes, whatever, and scattering them all around the house
2. Identifying what belongs to whom in our house. He'll pick up any clothing item and will say "Heh," "Elli," "Mom," or "Dada" to identify whose item it is. He's really accurate too - I would say better than Ben at identifying whose clothes belong to each boy! He does the same thing with toys, books, etc. He loves to tell me whose they are.
3. Reading books! He loves to pick up books and read them, on his own or on my lap.
4. He has jumped on the bandwagon and loves to talk about "guys." He'll look through Ellis' artist, President, and Conference books and say "Guy! Guy! Guy! Girl!" as he turns pages.
Ellis and Henry are trying to teach him the names of the "guys," so he can say some of them, like "Dali" and "Hall" (Warhol).
He has some pretty good mentors.
5. He also puts up with a lot from his brothers! On this day, Henry and Ellis locked him into this high chair and he couldn't get out. It took me a few minutes to notice and come set him free!
6. He likes to run around the house with this sword (or any other weapon-like item) and say, "Shot! Shot!" while hitting people softly. I seriously have no idea where he learned this. Okay, I have an idea . . . but it wasn't me.
7. He LOVES treats, especially ice cream. We have learned that we can't even say the word(s) ice cream unless we are planning on serving it that very minute. If we so much as talk about the ice cream truck, Sam instantly needs a cone, and he will not stop saying "Ah-keem, Ah-keem, Ah-keem" until he has one in his hand.
Seriously, though, who can resist this sweet little guy? I'm loving him so much!
