Dancing with the signing shadows...

Aspen cracks me up! She won't sit through a cartoon or anything, but this morning I put on "Dancing with the Stars" on the computer for some music while I cleaned up a bit and where was Aspen? Right there WATCHING it and dancing along with the catchier music. And when they weren't dancing, she'd go off and play but as soon as that music came back on, she'd RUN back to the computer and watch and move to the music. I was cracking up! Granted, we don't watch tv during the day and Malo and I catch up on some shows on the internet after the girls go to bed, so she doesn't have a whole lot of exposure to it, but still....it was HILARIOUS! She is so cute!

And also this morning, she discovered her shadow on the wall! That was the cutest thing ever. She was standing in front of the wall dancing, then putting her hands on her head, shoulders (knees and toes -haha!), then dancing again. Then she laid down on her back and kicked her legs up in the air. She was fascinated and totally entertaining me. Ahhh...if only we all could find such joy and have so much fun with discoveries in our daily lives.

The other thing that is making me laugh with Aspen is her signing. We've signed with her since, well, forever. You know, the whole being a sign language interpreter...might be weird if my kids didn't know anything! ;-) Anyway, most of the signs she knows she has either paired with words and always does them together...like "book", "cookie", "again" and "more." Others, most of the others, she just says the word and has dropped the sign. But there is one sign that she NEVER says the word, ever. She ALWAYS signs it. That is "please." Its really funny because she has a really good, strong vocabulary. She is picking up tons of new words daily, and a good majority of them people can understand. But she'll never say the word please. She uses it always, just never says it.

That's all for today. Aspen is just growing up so quickly - talking and dancing and exploring. She is such an awesome little girl. And Mia is a nut, she is crazy with this pulling up onto everything and standing and cruising along the furniture. Between the two of them, I couldn't be bored if I wanted to! :-)