Ryder . An Exercise in Indpendence

Friday morning, following breakfast, Ryder was stripped back down to his diaper because he had made a mess (really, a very rare thing for him).  I was going to let him run around a bit without his clothes (typically a favorite thing to do), but he insisted on getting dressed again.

He has shown little interest in picking out his own clothes - just an occasional opinion about which jammies, or whether he should wear socks.  However, Friday he insisted he wanted to pick out which shirt he wanted to wear.  Instinctively I grabbed a pair of jean shorts, but he told me "no", and pointed to another shelf of shorts - he picked out the ones he wanted by himself.

Now, his outfit may not exactly match as well as usual, but I think he still looks pretty cute! . . .

When we had to go out to the garage to do a few things, I asked him to put on his shoes . . .

Obviously, we have a bit of work to do with tennis shoes (he can do the sandals himself)!