Happy Boy!

Benjamin discovered clapping today. (He has been able to make the clapping sound for several months, with help; he would hold his hands "stiff" and we would hit them together for him.) But today he decided to do it himself. He is quite pleased.

Another recent development is the never-tiresome game of peek-a-boo. It's hard to say when he started playing. It was a gradual thing, really, but we have several different versions:

1) blankie/pants/any available fabric version- Benjamin pulls the blankie/pants/fabric over his head, then yanks it off and laughs hysterically.

2) hands over his face version- Benjamin puts his tiny hands over his eyes (sometimes not quite covering them) , then yanks them off and laughs hysterically.

3) mama's hands over her face version- Mama puts her hands over her eyes (always covering thoroughly), then Benjamin yanks them off and laughs hysterically. (The addendum to this one is that he usually puts them back over my eyes for me.)

4) mama or Benjamin or both hiding behind something version- Mama or Benjamin (or both!) hide just out of sight then "pop out" (Benjamin leans). Then Benjamin laughs hysterically.

And he never gets tired of it. And it never ceases to be hysterically funny. He makes me laugh!