Social Butterfly or Misfit??

Or maybe a little bit of both. Tyler is becoming more and more social each day which is a fun development to watch. However, with increased socializing comes learning and knowing social rules and we're just not there yet. At this age children tend to view other playmates as mere objects rather than actual people so I know he'll get better with time. To illustrate his split personality here are two stories from this week. At music we all sit in a circle and generally the kids start out on the laps of a parent. This week Tyler launched himself up from my lap and preceded to go around to every parent and say "hi" while waving. He would then gently pat their child's hair before moving onto the next parent. Then for the whole first song he stood in the dead center of the circle and did all the movements. Ha! It was quite a sight to behold but I was proud of him for being so gentle with the kids. Fast forward to later that exact same day when our friend William was over to play. Tyler ignored him for the entire two hours except when William had a toy that Tyler wanted right then! Once he even grabbed a book and sat down to read it right on top of little William. I actually had to use the phrase, "William is our friend, not a chair". Seriously??
Here are some pictures of Tyler's tried and true friends. It's good to know they're all in it together, whether they know it or not!!