Daddy's shadow.

  Everything Daddy does, Tad has to do too.   Working on their computers.

 Tad has started reading this summer.  He's always loved books.  It's fun to see him read a book to his puppy or dolly.  He remembers words well and comes pretty close to repeating it to his animals. 

 Tad's overall obsession is....
Firefighters.  He plays fireman EVERYDAY!   I call it my least favorite "F" word.  EVERYTHING at our house revolves around being a fireman.  The chair is his fire truck, the pretend fire guys have to join us for dinner, he wears yellow fire boots everyday (they're not allowed out of the house!), at night he has to put his jeans over his boots so he can pull them on like a fireman..... So, being the good parents that we are, we encourage it, by taking him to the fire station.  :} They had a "call out" while we were there and now he pretends to get a call out every day.  I bet you can't guess what he wants to be for Halloween? 

 

 Tad got a new bike with training wheels!   He still loves his strider bike, but as he practices on his big bike he seems to like it more. 

 Silly kid would rather sit on the porch to be like daddy than ride his new bike. 

Being daddy's shadow means he watches EVERYTHING Fred does.  I'd misplaced the charger to his little car battery, when we found it, all he wanted to do was work on it like dad.   He noticed Fred wasn't using the car ramps, so he moved them by himself under the carport.   Next thing we knew he was driving up the ramps!   (Look at Fred's face in the picture to the left- we really thought he'd stop at the bottom, but he drove right up onto them.)

 

Fred is really good about letting Tad use his tools and Tad has already learned to put them back when he's done playing.  Can you tell he's watched his dad work on the car more than a few times?  I love it - I hope he's as handy as his dad is one day! 

 (I sat in the lovely red chair in the corner of this picture and just watched "the boys" work.)