Chanler is starting to recognize letters. We have an "A to Z" book which Chanler loves, it is silly, but I think he gets that.
A to Z by Sandra Boynton

Last night, I was listening to him play and he was pointing at the name on the side of one of his toys and saying "S" and "ssss, sss, ssss" it was very sweet. Then, today it was the labels for his toy basket. He looked at me and told me there was an "A, ah, ah, ah" and an "R, rrrr, rrrr, rrr" and his eyes got excited an "S, sss, sss, sss." I guess he actually has been paying attention when I have been reading his ABC book and making all the letter sounds for him!

Chanler has learned to open door knobs. *sigh* I knew this was coming, but didn't really want to think about it much.

So, why is it that this skill works best on the front door? but doesn't work for the shoe closet (a locking door vs a non locking door)? And we also just found out that he can reach the dead bolt lock on the front door and open that too.

All hope of containing Chanler is lost as of now - I repeat LOST.

Thank goodness for those ugly childproof door knob things - he hasn't figured those out YET.
PS he hasn't actually tried to escape yet, I just needed a dramatic title.

The other day we were in the car driving somewhere, and I was zoning out, not really paying that much attentions to Chanler - I come to and hear him shouting/singing "I have the rubber Jesus in my car" - took me a few moments to figure out that he was singing along to the Veggie Tales' rendition of "I have the love of Jesus in my heart" :)

I was trying to get Chanler to sleep last night, and he is not having anything to do with it. He tells me quite emphatically that "Chanler don't like to sleep!"

So I am trying to convince him that it is ok to sleep - Daddy sleeps, Mommy sleeps, etc, down the list. When I get to the end of the list of just about everyone that he knows, he asks me if Jesus sleeps. I tell him that Jesus doesn't need to sleep, that while Chanler is sleeping, Jesus is watching over him to make sure that he stays safe.

So he says quite triumphantly, "Jesus don't like to sleep either!"