Taking turns - for example, while eating our breakfast cereal (in our respective bowls) after I feed Sadie a bite, she signs "mommy" and points at my bowl, indicating that it is my turn to take a bite.
Call and response - "Mr. Brown can moo - can you?" is a favorite book, and now at the end of page which prompts the reader to imitate the sounds Mr. Brown can do, Sadie does her darndest. She does some mean animal impressions if I do say so myself.
Cry on a dime - after waking from her nap in the afternoon, our dearest girl has begun crying at the slightest provocation (and often for no apparent reason at all). Dubbed the "crying hour" by Bubbie,
Hoarding - picking up as many pencils/books/puppets/toys as she can fit into her little hands and carrying them around.
Where's Waldo - finding and pointing at objects in pictures is also a new fun game.
Coloring - drawing with crayons and pencils is by no means new, but it seems to have reached new heights. I need to watch that she doesn't try to color on things that aren't paper...
Running free - nothing is as surefire to make her giggle and shriek with delight than to plop her on her feet in the middle of the sidewalk and let her lead the way. Kind of like this:
5.29.2010
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