Help!!!!

[velvetpage]

I've got a crocodile eating my hair! Aaaaahhhh!!!!




Okay, so it's a fisher-price Little People croc from Elizabeth's Noah's Ark set. It is joined as I type by Terence from the Rubbadubbers, who is a dinosaur (a T-rex, specifically.) They're chowing down with a right good will, and Elizabeth is having a ball with them.

Elizabeth and I walked over to the local discount food-and-drugstore place to pick up snacks for tonight, fruit, milk, and various and sundry other items. I had to keep an eye on her - she likes to pick stuff up and throw it into the basket of the buggy when I'm not looking. We would have come home with skittles, two lollipops, a jug of laundry detergent (I'm surprised she could lift that one) and a package of hot dogs - and those are just the things I dug out of the basket. She charmed everyone she saw, and I kept her fairly busy by getting her to push the buggy. It meant we covered the entire store at least twice more than we needed to, but it's worth it if she's tired enough for a nap soon.

And now, for your Cute Toddler Story of the Week:

"Tell me a story, Elizabeth."

"Onceuponatime there was an Opa named Elizabeth. He had a beard and he got food in his beard. Hahahaha!"

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[purplkat.livejournal.com]

Best! Story! Evar! =)

[anidada.livejournal.com]

*rotfl* I adore that little sprite. :)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

How about this one: "Onceuponatime there was a little girl named Elizabeth. She got a 'pider on her leg and the 'pider hurt Elizabeth." That one was for Aunty Krista in the car on the way to church. :)

[anidada.livejournal.com]

*falls over from cuteness overload*

[pyat.livejournal.com]

She's very smart. :)

ON the weekend, I poked her shadow on the wall with the shadow of my finger, and she fell over. :)

[spiralsongkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's brilliant! :)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

In all seriousness, I've never known a toddler as verbally gifted and generally smart as mine. At the moment, I know two - anidada's and nottheterritory's child is every bit as bright, and the two are exactly the same age.

[spiralsongkat.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should all form a club? My daughter's six now, but she too is a brilliant and verbally precocious kid. When she was a toddler, my husband and I used to regale each other with "True Tales of the Amazing Girl". Part of the reason pyat's description made me smile is that it's exactly the sort of thing I can imagine my daughter doing.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

That should be interesting, actually - to hear how a bright and inventive child grows up, just a little ahead of ours. The daycare ladies are quite impressed with her. It was months ago, before her second birthday, when the daycare lady told me, "Did you know she could sing the alphabet?" I told her yes, I did know, and I knew she could do it in both English and French, too.

When did you get your daughter into music, and how? So far, I've been playing the piano for her and singing to her all the time, and she sings constantly, but I'm wondering about more formal lessons designed for young children.

[spiralsongkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I started singing to her in the labor & delivery room, if not before! I've always sung to her, and played piano and guitar for her at times. She loves music, but has developed a strong preference for songs, things with lyrics. I used to make up little ditties for her when she was a baby, and now she likes to improvise songs herself, both with me and on her own. Some of the rhymes she comes up with are really creative! We also do quite a bit of singing along with her CDs in the car, on both short and long trips. We especially enjoy the music of Tom Chapin and Trout Fishing In America. Can you recommend other good children's music? I particularly keep on the lookout for selections that are pleasing to parents as well as kids. :)

In the past, I've toyed with the idea of getting her involved in one of the excellent preschool music programs (Music Together is a good one, local to us; my sister took both of her boys to their classes; they loved it and thrived on it), but in the end I decided that with my music therapy background, I could give her those sorts of experiences myself. Now, she and I are planning to attempt piano lessons in the fall -- on a fairly informal, low-key basis. If it doesn't work out, I'll back off and try again in a few months.

Certainly, there are some excellent music programs for young children out there. I don't know what's in your neighbourhood, but I've heard good things about Music Together and about Kindermusik.

[anidada.livejournal.com]

HA! I love it. :)

[summerfields.livejournal.com]

Mom sent me a cute story (dang, you all need to get videocameras! we have all this tape from before she could talk - but none of this cute stuff!): Once upon a time there was an Opa named Bizziebeth and he said "ho, ho, ho" and had orange socks."
Or something to that effect.
Aw, I wanna come visit and here an Aunt Anney and Uncle Craig story! :)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the one I heard. :)

Our Christmas present to ourselves this year will be a new digital camera, with video capabilities of course. There will be more video.

[mizheekay.livejournal.com]

When I was little I didn't drop things into our cart because I'd get caught, but while mom and dad were looking at something on the shelf I'd drop things into other people's carts. And much fun was had. Until I got caught.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth does that too. When she's caught, it's all big innocent eyes and, "I helping, Oma!" Usually, the other person just laughs because she's so cute.