Over the last few weeks, Cole has taken an increasing interest in dressing himself and choosing his own clothes.  Today, he chose his entire ensemble, and was quite emphatic about also wearing the suspenders and his badge.  Then, he topped it off with a jacket that is probably a size too small with the bulk of his sweater.  I've been through all this before with Franny, but it has it’s own sweet twist with Cole.  In the afternoon, he changed into shorts and his Raccoon Lodge T-shirt, and ran around me yelling Mama look! I’m wearing shorts!  There’s a monkey on my shorts!  And, of course, I couldn’t help thinking that there was a monkey in the shorts, as well!