It's kind of like a simile

Most of the time Simon's chatter is a play-by-play of what's happening at any given moment. His insights are along the lines of "I'm eating pasta with my mouth." (while pointing at his mouth) or "There's a doggy over there, Mommy." Then he repeats what he said, 7-10 times in a row until we demonstrate that we heard and understood him, usually by repeating it back.

Recently he's been getting a little more creative and poetic. He likes to compare something to something else that looks similar and I'm often surprised by what he comes up with.

"It's kind of like a mountain" 

"It's kind of like corn" 

"It's kind of like a moon" 

"I'm kind of like Uncle Pete" 

I can't argue with him; he's right. 

Go west, young dude

We just got back from a delightful trip to Yellowstone National Park and Jackson Hole, Wyoming with Teta, Aunt Beth, Uncle Peter and best of all, Cousin Sawyer! Highights for Simon included the lobby, the gift shop, and doing whatever Cousin Sawyer was doing. He did not care for the geysers and prismatic pools, his only response to them was "I'm hot!" and "I'm wet." Here he is counting how many geysers he can see. Any quantity over 3, he likes to dial it up to 11.



Here are the two little buddies hiking in Grand Teton National Park:

And a few more pics: