I still remember taking this picture.

This was in 2008, WZ was just slightly over a year old then but he wanted to try and drive. And now...

Soon... soon...

See.. I'm not the only one that's an influence to WZ's gaming activities.

Why do I keep getting shots like this?

I don't think a 3 year old is supposed to have such a look on his face.

Now that's much more appropriate!

How does a 2 year old figure out that putting his feet up on the table while playing games is relaxing?

Ok.. he doesn't actually PLAY yet, but more of watching the game demos.

I find that mashed potatoes are great for WZ to eat, for one thing, he can eat it on his own. For another, it doesn't fall off the spoon that easily! It can be quite hot (temperature wise) though!

There are times when your child will just amaze you with the things he does, leading you to question where did he learn to do that? And does behavioral patterns actually get inherited? So I finally manage to grab a picture of WZ doing this.

Where the heck did a 2.5 year old boy manage to learn to support his chin in his hand and give out the "What the heck are you doing?" look? I also caught him stroking his chin and had that "I'm thinking about something" look before.

I was scribbling on my DS when mommy brought WZ in to watch some TV before going to sleep. Mommy set WZ down on the sofa and was about to ask WZ what he wanted to watch, when WZ uttered "Papa, bring it over for WZ to play." It's always something seeing your kid learn how to properly express his wants through words, but of course this just reminds me that soon the day will come when he wants to play the 360 himself.

Or of course.. in coop mode!

A few days ago I saw WZ dig out two cardboard boxes from a cupboard and then started pulling out some books from them. Then he'd attempt to read it but of course he couldn't understand everything yet. The box was interesting, it was more like a binder than a box. And they held 6 books each.

WZ can't actually read them yet, but he can memorize the titles based on the pictures of the books. Even though of course, these are simple picture books with giant illustration on one side, and words in big giant fonts on the other side.

When I saw WZ retrieve the boxes I already knew what the contents were. You see, these aren't WZ's picture books. These were MY picture books. The memory is faint, but I do remember that the books were kept in the box previously when I was... I don't know... 3? 4? And of course, now WZ inherits them. Hopefully he doesn't completely destroy them in a fit of rage or something.

The other main treasure that WZ will inherit will be something I present to him when I realize he wouldn't shallow small plastic bricks. :P

WZ is in the phase where he doesn't realize he's actually attacking and punching people. I keep trying to teach him that he should not hit people intentionally, but nothing works better than actually getting shunned after hitting someone I guess.

And yup.. great time to test a simple Silverlight video player I cooked up. It's real simple. It just PLAYS. Ideal for clips where you know people have no reason for shuffling around. Need to find some place to put my videos now that Soapbox is down. So let's give the Silverlight Streaming service a workout then.

Handle toys that clearly are not meant for his age.

Jumping off the bed.

Paint...