Hear him roar

I've noticed over the past couple weeks that Corin is now responding to strangers who ask him questions. For most of his three years, a question from a post-office clerk or the supermarket-checkout lady earned either a blank stare or a burrowing of the face into Apa's shoulder. But now he routinely answers how old he is, if he wants a sticker, what's on his shirt, etc. I have no idea if this will hold or not, or if he'll end up as stranger-shy as I am, but I'm encouraged nonetheless by his about-face in bravery.