I wanted to get a photo of Lornie and Amari wearing his Obama shirt on Inauguration Day but Amari was very squirmy and Lornie had limited patience for the photo shoot so I did not get a really good photo.

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Amari was attentive to the part of the inauguration he watched. I was very proud of him because he started clapping when Obama made his entrance.

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Moms are funny sometimes.

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feeling powerful lifting a palm frond.

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Amari has been trying to climb into any boxes and bowls he can find. After he got very frustrated with his inability to fit inside a blue plastic mixing bowl I decided to put out this suitcase for him.

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This little boy thinks he is packed and ready to go.

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Giving Bodi a ride in the wagon is agreat way to practice walking

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Amari is a bit suspicious about where Bodi might take him

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enjoying a ride around the yard at the co-op.

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giving the volleyball players a standing ovation

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a nice game of "pat the rock"

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digging for treasures (sticks and rocks)

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checking out what the big kids are doing

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looking for leaves

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time for fun on the swing

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time for serious thinking

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Look who is climbing.

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Now that he can climb up here just think about all the other things he is trying to climb on.

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In addition to climbing Amari decided to enter the new year with some other skills. He has started to clap and practice standing on his own. If you click on this (or any other photo) you will go to my flickr page where you can see video of Amari practice walking and clapping and other silly stuff.

Amari and Kinka's mutual love of boxes has resulted in the need to take turns having rides in boxes.

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