Impersonations

In the winter, the boys and I have a routine for after their bath.  I turn the heater on in Eli's room and let the room heat up, then get Eli out of the bath in his towel and dry him off in front of the heater.  A few minutes later, Silas gets out of the bath, wraps himself in a towel and comes running into Eli's room to sit in front of the heater shivering.  He gets as close to the heater as possible and does the whole thing - teeth chatter, body shakes, face screwed up tight, complaining about how cold it is - even when it's not that cold out.  Things went a little bit different the other night.  When I got Eli out of his bath, he wrapped himself in his towel and sat right in front of the heater.  He then proceeded to do an exact impersonation of Silas' exaggerated shiverings, stopping to make sure I was watching him do it.  He would shiver and screw his face up tight, stop and look at me, then start doing it again.  When Silas came in and started doing the same thing, Eli would stop and look at his big brother, making sure he was doing it right.  Meanwhile, I'm laughing so hard I've got tears.  Even Silas started laughing when he realized what Eli was doing.  So now we have a new bathtime routine.  Silas sits and shivers, and Eli does his best to copy him.