smile like you mean it

All of sudden Dylan, you are all smiles. I love, love, love it. Half the time I have no idea what is so funny and I'm clearly not in on the joke, but who cares. I laugh right along with you. You seem to have a particular love of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" so needless to say I have sung it 1 billion times to you. I have gotten a little bored with the song though (it's really not that complex or deep) so I have taken to mixing it up a little. This morning I sang it to you in a British accent, you liked that. You did NOT like it the other day when I sang it to you in a Jamaican accent though. So sorry sir.

I have decided that trying to capture these smiles on camera is as difficult as trying to capture a picture of the Loch Ness Monster. The second I pull out the camera you clam up and go back to your brow furrowing. And the more I talk about the "supposed smiles" the crazier I sound.

I managed to capture a couple half smiles (and one half shriek) though. They are not the greatest, but at least they are proof that I don't need to be committed.

I am going to keep trying though. Don't be surprised if I start donning camouflage, hiding behind bushes, and popping out at you with a camera when you least expect it. That ought to make you smile (snort).

I will triumph!!