make 'em laugh

It's always something new to make us laugh around here. Here are her latest phrases and antics....

*I went in to get her up this morning. As soon as I turned the light on she said, "Watch dis!" (she's never said that before, to my knowledge). She then proceeded to get on her tummy and pretend to swim on her mattress. Several times this morning she said, "Watch dis, Mommy!" and then did something that she thought was pretty great.

*Her favorite thing to do the last few days is to start jumping around and saying, "I dancin' Mommy! I dancin'! She's been dancing for year or more but she's just now, out of nowhere, started telling me that she's doing it.

*Whenever she's done doing something (pretending she's swimming, dancing, or some other humorous stunt) she now says, "Ta Da!" The women in the nursery said they taught her that. Why, I don't know, but it's pretty funny.

*I had an ice cream bar earlier tonight. She took the stick when I was done, stuck her tongue out, put the stick on it, said, "Ahhhhhhhh," and then said, "Doctah!"

*She sings to herself all the time. Her favorites are "Old MacDonald," (complete with animal noises), "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and the "ABC" song. She gets about 1/3 of the words close to correct and mumbles the rest, but it's pretty funny to listen to. She'll just burst into song in the backseat of the car, in bed as she's going to sleep, in the bathtub, or just about anywhere. One of these days I need to get some video of her singing. I'm a little worried about her inability to sing on key....as a music major in college, it's important to me! (But I'll still adore her if she doesn't develop that skill!)


*She's been counting to 10 for awhile now....but she doesn't understand the concept of counting--she just has the numbers memorized. If she's counting three things she'll still count all the way to 10. Anyway, in just the last few days she's started going past 10. Here's what it sounds like: "One, Two, Fwee, Four, Five, Six, Seden, Eight, Nine, TEEEENNNNN!!, Eh-den, Tewve, Firteen, Firteen, Firteen, Firteen....." you get the idea. (She gets very excited about 10, as you can see, and then goes on.)

She's quite the little clown.