Today Elliott wanted to sit in the driver’s seat and pretend to drive. So he sat there in my lap while we drove around the Mueller Drive circle, both of us holding the wheel. When the music came on, he started tapping the steering wheel just like me. I loved it.

In the driveway, he obsessed about using the CD player, changing the discs and bouncing his head shaking his fists when the music played, again copying what he’s seen me do.