Vrooom

One of the first “words” Silas learned was “vroom” for cars. So it’s not surprising that now one of his  favorite things to do is play in cars.

Not WITH cars, but rather IN cars.

Perhaps because in the truck he sits up front with me, he seems especially attracted to all the things to push and pull and twist. Thus it is that often when we turn on the truck, the brights and the left blinker are on, and the windshield wipers are going.  Yesterday, he was priviledged to “drive” John’s car (sitting in John’s lap), and Silas grabbed the keys sitting in the center console and tried to put one in the ignition!

This day, I was sitting in the truck with Silas. I had the door closed, but then opened it for something, and Silas discovered the light. You can only see a little bit of smile on his chubby cheeks (covered in mosquito bites) but the look on his face when he saw that light go on was joyous amazement! It was the greatest thing he had discovered all day!

Eventually though, one must move on and explore new things, and so Silas came to the buckles on his carseat. Buckles have always fascinated him — he is always playing with the buckles on his highchair and stroller and anything else. He actually gets in the way a lot when I am putting him in the carseat, because he wants to do it himself.

He can often clasp the chest clip together but he really is not quite strong enough yet to get the bottom part snapped in. Maybe he thought tackling the problem from a different angle would help.