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May 21, 2005
Shameless mommy blogging
Clara "Child of a Lesser God" Jane did the cutest damn thing today.
Since she was six months old, we've been half-heartedly teaching her baby sign language. Now that she's really starting to talk, she tends to do her signs while saying the words. She's way into animal names, sounds and signs these days. Especially kitty-cat. Not cat. Kitty-cat. Anytime she sees a cat - including the tigers at the zoo yesterday - she says, "It's a kitty-cat! It's a kitty-cat! Mao! Mao!" (that would be my socialist terrorist influence on her), all while doing the sign for cat, which involves using her fingers to act like she's pulling whiskers on her cheeks. Or the top of her head. Or her nose. Or the back of her head. Or the back of my head. Whatever's in reach.
Today, we were walking across the parking lot at Trader Joe's when she started her, "It's a kitty-cat! Mao!" whisker-pulling frenzy.
She had spotted the hood ornament on a Jaguar.
Posted by Robin at May 21, 2005 10:17 PM
Comments
Clara "Little Red Book" Jane should also expect her very own Chairman Mao teapot to arrive in the mail soon.
Posted by: stgermh at May 22, 2005 07:21 AM
Hahah! I love it!
Posted by: Blossom's Dad's Ho at May 22, 2005 10:38 AM
So cute! I love the idea of baby signing. Almost as much as I love Trader Joe's :)
Rock on CJ!
Posted by: Sara Joy at May 22, 2005 05:21 PM
I think she's a genius!
Posted by: DixiePeach at May 22, 2005 08:02 PM
i think that means she wants a jaguar as her first car.
Posted by: kara at May 23, 2005 10:05 PM
