Tony can...

Tony, my nearly one year son, can:

• hit the drum with the palm of his hand. A seemingly small thing. But it is something he never did before.
• can beat us up, literally and figuratively. He was awake at 500 AM this morning, and so was climbing and kicking and prodding his parents.
• crawl at 15 km/h.
• watch television.
• scream when he doesn't get his way.
• stand but he can't walk.
• get to most of the places his fancy takes him.

He will be a year old on August 23. My wife just told me the bad news that we should have a party for him. I prefer to celebrate it on the Internet and so, in privacy. But do something we shall.