new things learned

Everyday it really is something new. Recently Cam has learned that toys are more than just useful for shoving into his mouth and chewing on. Also gone are the days of pick up toy, transfer toy to other hand and drop toy on floor. Now he can hold a toy, rattle a toy, shake a toy, squeeze a toy and even push buttons on a toy! Well this opens up a whole new realm of fun for not only Cam but for Mommy and Daddy as well! Playing with toys rocks! And I think I mentioned the other day about how the hubs and I spent his birthday shopping around in Toys r Us... Trouble with a capital T. But the boy will have some toys.

Anyway- onto Cam's fav new toy. Laugh & Learn Shape Surprise Cookie Jar-so much fun! It's a shape sorting, singing, counting type thing and I have been teaching Cam how to fit all of the different cookie shapes into the jar. I get them into position and grab his little hand to give them a shove until they fall in. So he pretty much thinks he's doing it. He's getting the idea though, he moves his hand to the pieces on his own but I still have to guide him to give them a push. Then we laugh and clap and cheer and Cam thinks it's the best thing ever. You can see the little wheels spinning in his head as he smiles, like he doesn't quite know what he did that was so great but he's pretty darn excited about the smiles and the clapping. It's great. He also loves to dump the cookies back out-which he does by wildy grabbing at the jar and shaking it like crazy until mom jumps in and turns it over spilling out the contents... This is fun too. Not to mention the singing, counting, "eating" of the cookies, and of course chewing on the lid to the jar.

For your viewing pleasure. Cam playing with the cookie jar, watch around the 39 second mark as he practices another one of his newest skills...