Smart Boys and the Joy of Training

Two incidents today have me in awe, each involving one of the twins.
The first involves Ty. Shawn joined me in bed last night after being kicked out by sick babies over the last couple of weeks. Early this morning, around 6 am Ty woke and I brought him into bed to lay with me thinking he would just fall back to sleep, he normally does not get up for the morning until between 7 and 8 am. He babbled for a few minutes and then was changing position when he spotted Shawn next to us. He made every noise he could go get Shawns attention including a few very clear, "hi, da". Shawn gave him some attention and then went to the closet to get his clothes for the days, when Ty let out another "hi, da" and waited for Shawns response to which he clapped. Amazing!!!
The second incident occured while I was cleaning up lunch today. Orion was hanging out around the kitchen while I cleaned up. I opened the dishwasher and then began loading it when I glanced over at Orion who was sitting on the floor right next to the dishwasher (he usually stands holding onto the dishwasher and grabs things as I load it). He was simply sitting on the floor, shaking his head "no". Then it dawned on me. A few nights ago when Shawn was loading the dishwasher he had a little training session with Orion who of course wanted to participate. He kept telling Orion firmly, "no" and sitting him back down on the floor. The training had obviously worked as Orion remembered he should not stand up holding onto the dishwasher while we are loading it and he was self correcting. The fruit of training!!!