Peanuts

• Matthew is figuring out pronouns. Well, one of them, at least. "I jump! I help!"
• Some things are better illicit. I made oatmeal yesterday (good oatmeal, with homemade jam), and Matthew stirred it around with a spoon and decided he wanted none of it. Then Rachel made oatmeal too when she got up, and again Matthew wanted none of it. Shortly after dissing Mommy's oatmeal, he reached up to the oats can on the counter and ran off with it, stuffing his face with raw oats!
• He's starting to develop clothes preferences. This morning he unzipped his sleeper: "Shirt! Shirt!" No, I said, keep your sleeper on and Mama will pick clothes for you when she gets up. "Shirt!" he insisted. "Ai-err! Rawrrrr!" Not just any shirt, you see -- his orange tiger shirt that he wore yesterday. So for once Matthew got dressed before Mama got up.