I Can Do It...

So yesterday when I picked John Thomas up from school he had a huge surprise for me... His shoes were untied and when I bent over to tie them he ran and said "I can do it". Sure enough, he tied his own shoes. It's a unorthodoxed method, but when he's done, it looks like it should. I am so proud on my big boy!

"I do it" is a frequent sentence out of Bryson's mouth.
The newest things that he can do (or thinks he can do) are:
Wash and bathe himself (results in a lot of water on the bathroom floor).
Buckle his car seat harness (always a power struggle).
Use the telephone (hopefully he hasn't called China or anything).
Climb on top of his playhouse (puts his foot in the window, pulls up and tries to climb)