All Boy

The Little Man has started showing his colors as a true Little "Man". No longer the sweet little baby, he has for weeks been showing the signs that yes, he really is a boy. Cases in point:

• He L-O-V-E-S to drive. He sits on his grandfather's lap and drives the boat at the lake, insistent upon honking the horn constantly and that NO other hands are on the wheel but his. He'll stand behind the wheel in a parked car for an entire hour abusing the steering wheel, flipping levers, pushing buttons, and, of course, saying "di-di-di-di-di-di-di-di-" (which seems to indicate that he's got only a 2-cycle motor under the hood, which is fine by me!)He drives his little cars in the house. He drives his trike outside of the house. He drives plates. And collanders. And frisbees. And the wheels on the dishwasher baskets. And the little round steel plate that sits behind the bathtub faucet (that doesn't even move!). He loves to DRIVE!


• In the same vein, he loves cars in general. He'll spend 20 minutes at the park on the playground equipment, and 30 minutes in the parking lots, trying to open car doors and touching the wheels.


• He completely dances like a white boy. Legs bending in deep bends off time to the music, feet never moving, arms flailing wildly. Love him, but we're going to have to seriously work the education in this department.


• Lately, he hates to take a bath. Why, I cannot yet determine, but I'm going to go with the obvious - that he just doesn't care about being the smelly kid in daycare.


• He's started to identify body parts; sometimes he'll point to the part asked about, sometimes asking "'Sdat?" when he points. Guess what he asks about most often?

But the kicker, the proof of all proofs, happened this morning. The Little Man was hanging out in bed with Mommy & Daddy after topping off his morning bottle of milk. He flipped over, crawled over to give Mommy a kiss, and burped. Mommy made an "Ewww" face, which he thought was hysterically funny. So he came a little closer, and burped again. Another "Ewwww" face, and more giggles. Then he tried to make himself burp, because, you know, burping is SO. COOL. And he threw up All Over His Mommy. And that, to this BOY, was funnier than all the rest combined.