Daddy Larry and Little Daddy Larry.

We went to the Zoo with Nana and Daddy Larry. The excitement of all the animals and the outdoors was plenty of excitement for all the children, except for Liam. Liam was more interested in copying Daddy Larry's walk, stride, pace, and movement. Only Daddy Larry could talk to Liam the whole time, if I suggested anything it was shot down quickly and almost resulted in a melt-down. Daddy Larry would suggest the same thing and he would quietly go along with it. It was amazing to see how intent Liam was on watching Daddy Larry's feet and arms and how well he mimicked the motion, and kept in stride with him. I later found out, in Tony Attwood's book, that AS children are great mimics, and portray themselves as the other person. This is why Liam would just stare and watch children play for hours (4 hours at childcare) but would not have any intention in participating because in his mind he was participating through the other children. It was very interesting to read that AS children play through other children, while they don't physically play along, they imagine themselves as the other children. This was almost calming for Liam to concentrate on walking and acting like Daddy Larry, he didn't talk or say a word the whole time he was mimicking. If you notice in the top right photo that he sits there with a serious face and is avoiding the camera, he was in his mimic mode and can't stop and pose for a picture.