Imitating

Alex is very much into modeling the behaviors of others. For example, last night at dinner, a man blew his nose (loudly for certain, but unavoidable) and Alex then imitated the noise himself. Brad and I just froze with embarrassment and quietly scolded the behavior but laughed about it later. When Alex hears funny noises he immediately repeats them because he thinks people make those noises with the intention of being funny. If someone sneezes, about half the time Alex will say "bless you" and the other half he mimics that person by saying "ah-choo". We'll continue to practice good manners and stress their importance with him...