Some videos of newly age-reversed baby Madeleine crawling around the house:
Julia is not talking baby talk, but she is speaking in a foreign language lately. She has been learning sign language at school, and showed off her skills for me by signing the entire nursery rhyme "Peas Porridge Hot." I'm hoping she'll gain enough sign language vocabulary throughout the school year that by spring she's able to sign "What Kind of Path Do You Take?" for me.
Of course, the other foreign language in which Julia is gaining fluency is music notation. She's feeling SO confident in her note-reading skills, in fact, that she decided to write a few songs down to teach to ME. I had a piano lesson today, and had the pleasure of playing some of Julia's most freshly notated songs. Among my new songs to practice are:
"The Love." This one was especially hard for me to sight-read. In the absence of an actual musical staff, I was kind of blindly taking stabs in the dark at what these notes are supposed to be.
So. The teacher has become the pupil. I guess I'll have to practice daily so I don't let my new piano teacher down.
And finally, Madeleine seems to still be in Halloween withdrawal, as she decided to make herself into Ghosta today. Or, as she put it: "I'm trying to be a ghost of INDIA. Julia, check out where am I!"
The Ghost of India. Check out where is she.
Madeleine, do boys say ga or goo? Just wondering if the worms inhibit the baby-talk! Julia, what a wonderful job signing. I expect to see you next to the President's press secretary signing for all the world to see! A grandma does have high aspirations for their grandchildren! You think?? Courtney, seems like On/Off Piano for Beginners will be a hit. Don't you think? XOXO, Love, Yiayia
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