Mimicry

The other day the boys were watching "Wild Kratts" and they taught about mimicry (one animal mimicking another animal).  Well Andrew and Eric have a little mimic of their own -- Tanner.

First, mimicking "the look" -- often when the boys get ready for school, Tanner does too.  Here he is in Eric's coat, with a backpack and hat.  If Eric had gloves on, Tanner would have also.

The other thing Tanner has been doing is wearing the boys clothes -- he's even been known to where their (clean) underwear on top of his diaper.  Almost every night he wears their pajamas.  The picture doesn't quite capture the fact that he's wearing Size 7 pajamas here.  It's a tripping hazard for sure.

And the picture below is one I took back in July -- cracked me up when I walked in the room and saw him perched on the table just like Andrew.  My favorite lately is when the boys put their hands in their pockets because it's cold -- he stops and puts his in his pant pockets too.  It's really cute.

Now if he would only start mimicking their speech.  He's great at mimicking noises and even voice fluctuation.  But when it comes to actual words -- he's got a language of his own.  We started speech therapy this year, and I'm hoping it'll help.  We both get frustrated when I can't understand him.   And then if we specifically ask him to repeat something, he won't -- even if I'm asking him to repeat a word/sound that he knows.  Hopefully this will all improve  soon!