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Fun times after school the other day. First, Nyan Thomas has discovered a new toy: Mommy’s umbrellas! He’ll see them perched by the front door and demand that Daddy take them out and open them up. He then proceeds to try to carry them, or dance on top of them, for a couple of minutes before he gets bored and moves on to something else.

This next video is from later that same day. He’d just had a nice filling dinner and demanded that Daddy give him this plastic implement he saw on the countertop. It’s a syringe-like thingie that helps you get liquid vitamins, medicines etc. into a squirmy toddler’s mouth – a clear hollow tube with a small hole at one end and a bigger one at the other, and a smaller purple tube that goes into the hollow tube and acts as the plunger. Nyan started playing with the hollow clear tube and discovered that it easily turns into a whistle! Here he is showing off his new musical chops.

Sundays are all about fun, and this past Sunday was no exception. We had a great time in the swimming pool – the kid is really getting into it; he would sit on the edge of the pool and fall into Daddy’s arms in the water with no hesitation – but before that, we had some fun around the house. And we’ve got the videos to prove it.

This one shows Nyan checking out Mommy’s flashcards that show different yoga poses. And then – clever lad that he is – he shows off his own yoga pose! Pretty sure this is called the downward dog:

At the end, you can see one of his tricks: he knows there’s a dummy (pacifier) on the chest of drawers, and he wants it. We have been refusing him the dummy of late, because he doesn’t need it; just a habit that we need to break. But he wants it, but of course isn’t tall enough to get it. So what does he do? He goes to Mommy and asks for a cuddle, knowing that she’ll pick him up. And, sure, he loves cuddles – but in this case, it’s just a ruse to get closer to the dummy! The boy is no dummy, that’s for sure. (It didn’t work, by the way; we didn’t give it to him.)

A bit later in the morning, here’s Mommy strumming and singing to the lad, who then decides to add his own guitar stylings:

All in a day’s play for young Nyan Thomas (who, it should be noted, turned 20 months old yesterday!)