February 9, 2006
Timmy was hilarious at dinner tonight. We went to Poppis and they put a little plate of rice in front of him. He very elaboratedly mimed — no props, just mimicking like in charades — putting first salt on it, with his right hand, doing a pinch and spreadh motion, then pepper, with his other hand, another pinch and spread motion, and then he took his right hand again and mimicked squeezing a lemon over it, twisting his hand and grimacing while he did it, plus making a lemon-squeezing sound.
Yes, I know, it’s hard to imagine a lemon-squeezing sound, but Timmy does it, and did it repeatedly when he discovered we all thought it was funny. He would squeeze the imaginary lemon with his fist, then rub his fingers into it, and make a sound like an imitation blender. Once he knew he was funny, he did it over and over.
The picture here is taken about two weeks before that, on January 21.