Ducks in a row

For a few weeks now Thomas has been creating projects for himself. It started when he began moving some very light plastic children's chairs from the deck to the kitchen to the playroom and then back again. He would do this two or three times before he got tired.

Next came the ducks. He has four rubber duckies (thanks Aunt Bridget) and one black pirate duck (Grandma Leslie thought she gave this to André a while ago) which he plays with in the bathtub at night. Now he wakes up in the morning, "chats" with me for a minute and then says "DUCK". We go into the bathroom where he gets the ducks from the tub - if I have been especially clever, I've lined the ducks up in a row on the side of the tub the night before & Thomas claps in delight. Then he takes the ducks, two by two, into his bedroom and throws them on the floor. Once they are all there, he takes them back to the bathroom. Sometimes, if the stars are properly aligned, he takes a duck or two into our bedroom and gives them to Daddy to wake him up.

Project three is the magnetic letters on the side of the fridge (there are about 10). Thomas has a strong need to remove these letters - no mean feat for little fingers - and carry them to his booster seat. He throws them in until he's sure that they're all off the fridge, then he carries on with his day.

Smaller projects include getting tennis balls into and out of a tennis ball can, putting rocks into an old egg carton, (thanks to Grandma Shirley for those two) and stacking old containers into one another (a Grandma Patti creation).

I'll see if I can get some project pictures to go along with the descriptions...