Bedtime rituals: Last night John let me rock him for quite awhile. I still have my rocking chair in our bedroom, haven't bothered putting it back in my office, so we sat there, and covered up with his warm blanket, and we rocked and I sang some songs and told him the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I can't think of a time when he's sat still and let rock him that long. I think a tiny part of it though is it was a good bedtime delaying tactic. He's such a clever monkey, when it's time for bed, and we put him in his crib, suddenly he wants a drink of water, or another hug, or etc...

I usually straighten up his crib and hang his Pooh quilt over the end of the bed, and put all his stuffed animals at the end, but lately, after we put him in his crib, he'll sit up and toss all the animals up to the head of his crib and then nestle himself down either on or amongst all his animals. Sometimes he'll count as he throws them up there, "one...two..." Funny.

When he's jumping in the office (still have the bed in there, haven't bothered putting it downstairs again) he likes when I turn on the computer, and he likes to help me check my email. He'll sit on my lap and when he sees the splash screen for Outlook come up he'll point and excitedly say "Email!" He knows the word from Elmo's World, cuz Elmo always gets an email on his computer.