Ring Around the Rosie

At snack time, Nathan said, "I NEED more blackberries."  At lunch he said, "I NEED more meat."  I wondered where that came from, until I could recall my own voice telling him, "Just tell me what you need" and "Show me what you need."

When he asks me to do something, like pick him up, I usually have to take a second to free up my hands or my time.  Nathan will repeat his request a bit louder, as if I didn't hear him.  I assure him by saying, "I know, I need to finish this and then I can do what you want.  He then says, "I know," with my exact inflection.  I have to smile at our little parrot.

I find him responding to my statements like "the alligator is cute" with, "me, too."  I stop and ponder, does he mean he's cute, too or he does he also think the alligator is cute. 

Andrew now points to a picture of Ryan Joseph and says, "My Daddy."  Clearly their language development is marching on. 

Sometimes with children their clearest way to communicate is through their body language.  Andrew is clearly letting us know "I'm happy to see MY DADDY."

Naptime has evolved.  The boys loved it.  And no one cried when they woke up.  Not even Gramma. 

This activity is for the trained professionals. DO NOT try this at home. Notice the manly grunts. Those are imitations of Grampa doing manly work.  He's singing "Ring Around the Rosie" and ends with "all fall down."