Imogen's Making an "A"

One of Elliot's least endearing activities these days is to climb all over me and Imogen while we're nursing. He was doing this very thing yesterday while Imogen was starting to get frustrated and cry, and I was starting to get frustrated and cry myself. Just at the point when I thought I couldn't take it anymore, Elliot said, "Imogen's making an 'A'!". I looked down at her hands, and sure enough, her frustrated little fist was in a perfect sign language "A". How do these tiny people know just how to melt your heart and when?

At preschool, the kids watch a video called Signing Time. We tried to get Elliot to use sign language when he was so late in talking, but he never took to more than a couple of signs ("eat", "milk", and "more" - can you tell what his priorities were?). Murphy's Law, now that he talks non-stop, he loves sign language. His favorite signs are the alphabet, because they allow him yet another way to spell - his favorite activity (aside from hassling Mama and Imogen while nursing, of course). I guess we'll be teaching Idgie sign language now so she can talk to her brother!

Here are a couple of cute videos of the kiddos for you. First, Elliot engaged in another favorite activity - watching Feist's "1234" video on YouTube. Then there's Imogen with the hiccups. What's more adorable than a baby with hiccups?



Hope y'all are having a lovely autumn. We've been enjoying the long Indian summer we're having here in Portland, and so is our cat, Rufus.

Now go rake some leaves!