Andy and I were playing with the boys tonight when I had one of those I've-got-to-get-the-camera moments. The boys were playing with two little flashlights we had gotten for free at a convention a few weeks ago (talk about the simple pleasures!) They would run around the room, swaying their lights around their hands and occasionally, they would fall to the floor. Seizing the opportunity, the boy who had managed to hold onto his flashlight would immediately run to steal his brothers'. Human nature can be an ugly thing sometimes. But Andy and I got so excited when the boys would run to pick up the fallen toy and hand it to his brother! "Yaaaaaaaay!" we would yell, much to the boys' delight. Then we started clapping. This was definintely something we wanted to reinforce.
Ben got so excited about the fact that Mommy and Daddy were clapping, he would join in, too. The only thing was that he couldn't clap very well clutching a flashlight in one of his hands. So we watched him gently set the flashlight on the floor and rise to continue clapping. It was so cute I had to catch it on video! Of course, in the video we're chanting to get him to clap again, not necessarily to encourage the behavior. Still, I had to do it! :)
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