S has become car-centric. Somehow cars have made it onto the radar screen in a big way. Brown van. Silver van. Yellow cab. Green car. Red truck. His skill in identifying and classifying cars has grown to different makes and styles. He can tell an SUV apart from a jeep from a van from a stationwagon... And he can spot a Honda a block away.

We think that cars made it on the radar when we got a second carseat to put in Roland's car. He started saying, "Dada's car" and didn't object to going out with Roland without me (at the time he was still very attached).

I was teaching him the alphabet while this car curiosity grew. One day S was getting out of his stroller which I parked behind Roland's car. Suddenly a lightbulb turned on. He excited pointed to the car and yelled, "H!!! Dada's H car!!" Thus his ability to identify Honda's. What I'm trying to figure out, though, is how he can identify a Honda by seeing a profile of the car or an angle that doesn't show the 'H'.