Play time!

After a long day of hanging out at home doing nothing, we decided to take Avery to a play area at the Provo Towncenter Mall. It's a pretty cool place, especially for older kids, with a ton of things for kids to climb on, as well as little games along the walls.
It was no surprise to us that the first thing he was drawn to was a curvy mirror along one of the walls.
He enjoyed staring at himself, smacking the mirror, and yes, making out with himself in the mirror. In most cases, such a thing would be utterly disturbing. For Avery, however, it was just cute. Especially considering how vigorously he went after himself.
Eventually, he lost interest in himself and thus proceded to seek the affection of strangers (he seems to like and be comfortable with strangers far more than any child should be!). He crawled over to some nearby women, pulled himself up on one, and commenced to flirt and make some new friends; receiving stranger-praise all along the way.

We tried posing him for photo-ops in the various vehicles with mixed success. As you can see, we got a few. Many of our other attempts were thwarted by small children who kept coming over to play with him, and/or sit on him. (clearly, the latter was more troublesome than the former). All-in-all, it was a fun little excursion. It is always fun watching Avery play and interact with others. It is also good for our egos when people tell us how cute he is. :-)