A glimpse into Rand's mind....

One of the things I love about doing "school" with Rand is that it gives me new ideas on games and things to play with him. Last week we started playing the "I'm thinking of...." game -- you know, the one where you think of something and give the other person clues.

It is so funny learning about how Rand sees the world! When I gave him the clue of "it's something that flies in the sky" (an airplane), he guessed clouds, then a rocket, and then airplanes. For "something you sit in" (a chair), he guessed a bumbo seat, followed by "an eating chair."

"Banana" was the answer to one of the first questions -- and ever since then, when it's his turn to give the clues, he'll say, "I'm thinking of....bananas!!" And then laugh hysterically.

We also were talking about parts of the face....Rand clearly knows all of the parts, but then we started talking about what each thing was for. It was great hearing him put into words what eyes are for ("for blinking....and looking...and stuff like that"). When I asked what you used your nose for, he promptly replied, "To make snot."

As I'm typing this, Rand is lying in bed, supposedly trying to sleep. He just came out a minute ago and said, "Mom, I need a break." From sleeping? "Yes. I really need a break."

Werner took Rand to ride Phoenix's new light rail yesterday, and Rand had a fabulous time riding it.

This is Rand with his newest and greatest engine. You don't want to know how many times he pushed it back and forth on that section of train track. There is one part where the track intersects the sidewalk, and Rand just plugged right along -- he'd wait for the people to go by, then keep on crawling and saying, "Choo choo!", oblivious to the stares.