Amelia sings!

As most of you know, the family has been in California for winter break (in fact, many of you saw us in person there). Sorry it has been so long since we last wrote here, but I hope you enjoy this little glimpse into Amelia's life.

One of my favorite memories from Christmas vacation was hearing Amelia sing "Twinkle Twinkle" along with me as I got her ready for bed. Amelia has recently started singing songs on her own; however, her versions of these songs are a bit abreviated.

For example, Amelia can start the alphabet song by herself with the letters "A B C D", but she needs a little help beyond that. She can actually fill in about a third of the letters when you give her the song a bit at a time and has known to sing, "Now I know..." for a long time now. Amelia's favorite letters may be O and W. When she plays with letters in the bathtub and I ask her, "What's this?" Her response is often, "O!" And she gets so excited when singing the alphabet that she'll throw in a "W" here and there, whether it really belongs or not. ("W" is a pretty cool letter, after all, and fun to say.)

Amelia also sings her own version of "Old MacDonald" that goes something like this:
"Ee-yai-ee-yai-ee-yai-oh
On farm...duck!"

But her best song is the abreviated Amelia version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star":
"Twinkle...star
How I...are
Upples...high"

She's so fun, and learning words amazingly fast, at this age.

Lisa