15 months old!

Jasper is one funny kid. He's 15 months old now and full of personality and quirks. I don't think there is a day that goes by that he doesn't do something funny. Lately he's taken up wearing pretend capes. He'll take anything he finds, a blanket, washcloth, even a sock, and hold it with both hands, then lift it over his head til it's around his neck. You can imagine how this works with a blanket and perhaps a washcloth. With a sock ... it's a little tricky. However, he is undeterred. I haven't been able to catch him in the act doing this yet, but I'll work on that.

Stepping up and down steps is a current fixation. We have small steps going in and out of the house that he likes to practice on each day. He still meets daddy at the door each afternoon and virtually begs to go outside to play. He's gotten very accomplished at all these steps around our house and now thinks he can handle any step in which he comes in contact - going up or down. He can figure out when a step is too high for him to step up (in which case he'll crawl up), but not go down. I'm probably going to get an ulcer over this. I don't know how to teach him how to distinguish steps that are too high that he needs to go down a different way. Any thoughts? I'm all ears!

here's a video of Jasper showing off:

he wouldn't push the broom for the video, but here is proof that he likes to do it:

I don't know how this started, but Jasper's also started walking with his feet spread out. When he's wearing slippery socks and on the kitchen floor he can go straight down into the splits. It's pretty funny! check it out:

Jasper has virtually mastered this "transportation" puzzle. He knows where each piece goes and can get each in its spot with just a little manipulation. He also knows where the pieces go on his "pets" puzzle, but those pieces are a little harder to manipulate, so he gets frustrated on that one much more quickly.
and when he's finished, he dumps out the puzzle to start again.

Jasper has started mounting his airplane backwards these days. He can get his legs over the seat better by holding onto the green handle. This position has the added benefit of allowing for a variety of music to play as a result of buttons being hit by his bottom and back as he moves and wiggles in the seat. If he has his shoes on, he can get the airplane to move forward. I guess the little extra length from the shoes, along with the grippiness of the soles, really help him move.