More Henry developments

• He now understands the concept, "put it away." As you may imagine, this is a very useful development from our perspective. What's more, he really enjoys putting things away. I have no idea where he gets this from, as "put it away" is something Tom and I both struggle with (I will admit that I'm worse at it than Tom). Maybe there's a recessive neatness gene running through the bloodline. . .

• Henry's also developed a sense of wariness, or maybe fear. I think this is a good thing, since he totally lacked any reasonable sense of self-preservation up until last week or so. Now he seems to understand when danger is present. For example, one of the bigger boys in the playgroup is a *tad* aggressive (as in, he once put Henry in a headlock), and whenever Henry sees him approaching he'll back away and head for another part of the room. Since the brat's clueless grandmother never notices his reign of terror, or chooses not to intervene, staying the heck out of his way is probably the smartest thing to do. The kid's huge--no way Henry could take him.