"I made up my mind that I was going to play a real man to the best of my ability." -John Wayne

March 21st: One of my earliest memories is singing with my father Rainbow Connection in the car. I've loved music and have always had a song in my head or one out of my lips as I am walking. Duke and I have been excited about The Muppets movie for months. Duke has practiced his standing against the couch as we watched the preview. For Christmas he got a Kermit puppet and we have used it to sing with him and now he initiates play with it. Last night Duke initiated play with his new finger puppets and we all enjoyed how he carried poor Gonzo in his mouth and Combat craweled to Miss Piggy (which would have been true to form for Gonzo).

Another area Duke has taken on personalitywith is with his singing, or his interpretation of singing, which is screeching, which is similar to my singing (have to work on that). His dancing, as in the video, could use some work also. At first I thought he was fighting but realized he was dancing.