Monkey See, Monkey Do

Simon's new favourite game is monkey-see, monkey-do. He is into copying everything he can. His newest favourite is the head shake. Matt started it with him when he needed something to keep him awake on the car ride home. Basically he shakes his head and then says to Simon "your turn" and then Simon shakes his head. This has evolved and Simon can now connect the words no, with a head shake. So if you say, "Simon, no thank-you", he smiles, shakes his head no, and then continues doing what he was doing. We can't wait until the day he can connect no with stopping what he is doing - does that day ever come??

Simon has also taken to copying Brutus. Tonight at dinner, he and Brutus were wrestling with Brutus' giant moose. Brutus would grab onto to the moose and then do his kill head shake, Simon would then grab onto/flop onto the moose and also do a killer head shake. It was hysterical to watch and we caught a few still photos which obviously don't do the whole thing justice but fun to see none the less.