But in all the best ways.
Exhibit A
For months when we asked her to lay down for a diaper change or wipe, she did this:
And believe me, we never taught her that.
Exhibit B
Lately, we’re trying to teach her to say thank you. Although we’ve taught her some basic baby signs, she’s mostly let go of signing in favor of speaking/grunting. So we decided just to stick to a verbal thank you. But it has become clear in the last few days that Addison has made up her own sign for thank you . . . and, I kid you not, it is to shake her fist at you three times. Picture this if you’re not getting a mental image:
I know some people are going to think that we’re a little mischievous as parents and do things like stick her in the laundry cart, or make up our own versions of children’s books, or shove her in the washing machine (oh, have I never posted pictures of that?), but seriously, we were on the up and up with this one — we actually thought it would be a good idea if she knew how to say thank you. But shaking her fist is good too, I guess.
that picture is cracking me up!!!
Comment by kjell — August 2, 2011 @ 8:50 am
Nice sign language.
Comment by bookncurls — August 2, 2011 @ 2:34 pm
so funny!!!
Comment by Rachel — August 2, 2011 @ 10:16 pm
The girls LOVE the picture, Lindsay. And I’ve gotta be honest- it has your name written all over that one. All those times you were “working” you were actually sticking your bum in the air with Addison.
It’s ok, you can admit it.
Comment by Ishkhanoohie — August 3, 2011 @ 2:13 pm
[...] though we taught her a few basic signs, she had long since stopped using them. But somewhere along the line, she seems to have realized that (1) her signing is adorable and [...]
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