Some latest favourites

The following anecdotes may not carry well in the re-telling but I am writing them as much as anything because I want to remember them.

At the moment, Benjy is into marching. When he crosses the room he doesn't walk, he marches. This started because one of the programmes he watches, Gigglebiz - kind of a sketch show - has a scene with a soldier and a knight who do a little tap dance and some marching. He LOVES it. He can watch that 4 minute sketch over and over, copying the moves, commentating on their every action, riding his giraffe when the knight rides a horse, taking a bow when the knight does, saluting when the soldier does - it's his favourite thing and the game has extended into his play even when he isn't watching it. The same programme has a catchy theme tune which Benjy has a very specific dance routine for, and it's just brilliant, we are it fits of laughter watching him. I have some photos and a video that I will upload when I get my new camera phone connected.

Also absolutely hysterical is that Benjy talks to me in sign language! Another programme he watches, Something Special, is presented by a guy who signs, and teaches signs for the items in the programme. Benjy has picked this up so quickly, and not only knows lots of new words, but lots of signs for them too - red flower, cafe, butterfly, caterpillar, restaurant, picnic, fruit, princess, and so much more, it is too funny!