Came home from work yesterday to find The Boy and his dad dancing to Japanese pop group Puffy Ami Yumi. Jacob's idea of dancing is to spin in one direction with your arms out until you fall down, then pick yourself up and spin in the other direction. We showed him how to bounce up and down to the music, so now he can dance like a proper frat boy. Seriously, though, music seems to make this kid very happy, and there's no telling what will set him off. On the way home from Tim's softball game, I was scanning through radio stations. When I landed on WRIF playing Nirvana's "No Apologies" Jacob started grinning and yelling at the top of his lungs. We took turns yelling until the song ended. I tried to find another song that would get him going, but the rest of the tunes I found seemed to bore him.

We spent the Fourth of July long weekend at Star Lake with my parents. Once he got used to the feeling of sand between his toes, and to the idea of being able to wade into the lake, Jacob had a ball! His two favorite activities: sitting in the wet sand with his toes in the lake, shoveling the wet sand onto his legs (and splattering his face, hair, and clothing); and running into and out of the screen tent while giggling hysterically, zipping and unzipping with wild abandon.

He loves his belly button - it seems to offer him a sense of security, especially when strange people try to talk to him. He also loves it when other people offer up their belly buttons for tickling. He loves tickling people and dogs (his favorite word/phrase is "tickletickletickle) and even resorts to tickling himself when no one is near.