Learning to smile for the camera....finally?

  I think I may have finally figured out how to get Jonathan to smile for the camera.  He usually freezes when I pull it out.  He has a toy camera here and will often instruct us to smile ("mile!  mile!") before pretend-takng the picture, but I just don't think he knows what it means!  In most of his pictures, he is so solemn looking ....either that or he is just a blur because he's rushing to the camera to try to see the digital image on the back.  So today at the playground I tried "Show me your teeth, Jonathan!" and here are the results! 

 Okay, it's not his "real" smile, but I'm hoping it's a start in the learning process!

Lost his shoes, took a spill, and coming over to mommy for a hug.  Too big shirt and too short pants..... they're called play clothes!

Jonathan is loving my new thrift shop find -- his pop-up Wiggles playhouse.  It's a bit worse for the wear and ripped in 3 places, but he will disappear inside it for long periods of time (okay,  maybe only 10 minutes) and play with his toys.  At night he puts some of his cars and trucks "to bed" in there before climbing in his own bed.