Chatter chatter

These girls are talking up a storm. They've already jumped into three and four word sentences pretty regularly and we are always astounded by what they observe and say. And sing - they LOVE to sing. Hailey made up her own song about colors to the tune of "You are My Sunshine" the other day!

As we head toward those "terrible twos", we are starting to hear some of that inevitable independence. This weekend both girls started saying "I'll do it!" to us (not "I do it" - they are already grammatically correct!). Hailey wants to snap her own buckle on her high chair, and Riley is perfectly capable of eating a whole cereal bar on her own, thank you very much.

Hailey even told her first joke about a week ago. It's sort of an inside joke, so here is what you need to know. First, the girls are obsessed with the moon. Every night it's "where's the moon, where's the moon?" Second, we play "what does the ___ say" all the time. (What does the sheep say, what does the cow say, etc.) So one night Hailey says, "what does the baby say?" I said, "I don't know, what does the baby say?" Her answer: "Where's the moon?!"

Said joke can be heard on the below video, along with 2 and a half minutes of other songs, counting, and toddler silliness. Enjoy!