Katie's brilliance

Katie is beginning to make connections that completely amaze us.

We sing Twinkle, twinkle little star "with" her to her monkey every night to before bed. The other day, she found this toy she hasn't played with in forever that plays twinkle, twinkle if you press it's tummy. I was on the phone when she found it, and to keep her happy, kept pressing the tummy so she could hear it. That wasn't enough, apparently; she got frustrated and started yelling, "winkle, winkle!" So I sang it to her, and she calmed down. Only later did I realize she had made the connection between the song we sing every night and nap time with the music on the toy.

Then, tonight, Eric was changing Katie's diaper in the other room. I was in the living room and that Visa commercial that plays the Moody Blues' song, "Tuesday Afternoon" to the images of all the fish and the aquarium came on. I heard Katie in the other room saying something, but Eric and I realized when they came back into the living room, that she had been saying, "Fish! Fish" (or, "ish! ish!" in her words) because she heard the commercial in the other room. We watch it during the day and she's always so excited to see all the fish...and she recognized what commercial was on by the music playing in the other room. Eric said she was almost frantic to get in the living room to see it.

On a sidenote, Katie's been fascinated by her belly button lately (FYI: it's an outie). She shows it off at the store, which has made for a few awkward moments when she pulls her dress up. But she wants to see our belly buttons, too, and today, she kept pointing at my belly button and then to my tummy below it, saying, "Baby." Hmm. ???