Lucy loves books. She gets them and brings them to us, ready for us to read. Lately, she keeps bringing me books with animal pictures. Last night I read a five page book probably 20 times!
"Curly the pig goes - oink, oink, oink (insert awkward snorting noises here)."
After the 20th time through, we were finally able to move to another picture book of animals.
I started reading the one word pages, "Lion."
I looked at Lucy and asked, "What does a lion do? Does he rooooaaaar?"
I of course held my hand up like a claw. She smiled.
"Duck. Quack, quack, quack."
Lucy indulged me as I somewhat formed my arm into a "chicken-wing" and flapped it.
"Bear. Raaawrr.."
I paused and thought, "hmm......that certainly sounded a lot like the lion from before. That was probably a little confusing for her."
I continued, "Tiger. Raaoooaawwwr."
Okay, that was a little bit of a tiger and a bear. Oops. This book was really testing my animal calling skills.
Next page,"Giraffe....um,.....yeah, giraffe." I had no sound for that one.
Next page, "Sea Lion..umm......."
I finally asked, "How about we read something else?"
Nope - Lucy literally grunted at me and wanted me to continue.
At the end of the book I was happy to see an elephant. Classic. None of these odd, soundless, exotic, animals.
I immediately pursed my lips together, pressed my nose to my bicep, flailed my arm, and made a big elephant wail.
Lucy took the most enjoyment in that one. She took her arm, flung it in the air, and tried to mock the sound.
I could have burst with pride. Animal pride? :) haha.......corny, yes - I know. I was proud nonetheless.
It is crazy how proud I am of her for the smallest things. She is just learning so much and growing so fast. I know it is simply a part of her development; but, I still feel like she is the smartest girl in the world. Ahhh...enough with that though. I won't be that mom. haha
Have a good Tuesday!
yay Lucy Jean!
ReplyDeleteIt's ok if you're 'that mom' because we all are at some point. :) Elephant noises are the best. And yes, why do so many animals merely growl? Dinosaurs are another.
ReplyDeleteJesse Williams told me that 'they' (whoever 'they' are) recorded a giraffe noise but it was the first time anyone had ever heard a noise ever. But he couldn't tell me what it sounded like so I'm going to go with they don't make noise LOL
We stick out our tongue for a giraffe! lol They are always doing that in Jadyn's animal books so we went with it! You have every reason to be proud. It makes me want to start a blog, but I would spend way to much time bragging! lol
ReplyDeleteCori you SHOULD be proud! I think it's awesome to see your little baby growing and learning :) I just have to say kudos to you for the elephant wail! I don't think that I could have pulled that one off. I know what the elephant's wail sounds like but I don't think that it would sound anything like it at all had I given it a try. I'm actually tempted right now but I'm at work so I better not. That would be weird. lol
ReplyDeleteHaha! You totally made me laugh! : ) And you should definitely be proud!!
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