Twinkle Toes

Andy and I have been joking for months that Ivan seems to be developing a "theater" side to him.

What do we precisely mean by that?

Well, for months now he loves to check himself out in the full length mirror in his room (which was there before we moved in and way before that room was designated to be the baby room. Besides, it's the only full length mirror in the house.) I've read that this constant mirror checking is rather typical toddler (at least for those with access to a full length mirror) but it's really funny.

Then this summer, when he added his clothing preference, it just got funnier. On several occasions he's pulled out specific shirts from his dresser for me (or Andy) to put on him to wear (on some occasions even several shirts for that completely uncoordinated layered look) and then he'd promply run to the mirror to check himself out.

Then on Sunday when we went up to Pennsylvania, we noticed that every time he got really excited and happy about something he'd start marching in place really fast, like a little jazz step. Twinkle toes, Andy called it.

It's really funny. Now he keeps doing it every time he's excited about something. Maybe he's trying to dance or move to some rhythm (which maybe he picked up in the music class, but more about that tomorrow).

The other night when I got home from work and he was already in bed but wide awake standing up with the light turned on, I went upstairs to play with him. When he saw me, he did the "twinkle toes" step with a full 360 turn. He must have been extra excited to see me.

He's so cute when he does that. I need to record it (except every time I turn the camcorder on, he gets intrigued about the camera and tries to touch it and take it from me. In other words, he stops doing what I was trying to record.)