Elise to English Translation - by Ben

So, you may find yourself lost and alone with Elise one of these days, and if you use this handy translation guide you should be able to find your way back to civilization. I have no doubt that Elise has as extensive a vocabulary as her friend Addie (http://www.theaddieupdate.blogspot.com/), it's just that this translation guide is incomplete. I will continue to update until I know how Elise is saying "Daddy, I'm fourteen," and "it needs new batteries." Elise is much too smart to simply learn English. Instead, she has invented her own language. And we are so proud.

Now, before anyone goes judging, please note that Elise is meeting all of her developmental milestones--she's not showing off, and not falling behind. She's right in the meaty part of the curve (credit: Seinfeld). Besides, she can identify and say her entire alphabet excepting a few letters (see number 12 above). So, take that Addie!!!!

Wiggles

It's a sad day here in the Paxton house. Elise has discovered The Wiggles. I saw her rocking out to them one day at the daycare at the gym so we decided to get one of their cds for her. Elise has always loved music and dancing around to songs so The Wiggles are great for her. It's her poor parents who are stuck with the songs in their head all day long. Even Ben, Mr. Smashing Pumpkins, can't get these out of his head. If you don't believe how catchy these songs are, watch this video, at your own risk. And if you don't have kids, just don't go there. You wouldn't understand.



This one is her favorite song though the video is nonexistent.

Picture perfect

Ben wanted me to put some of these pictures in an actual post because the expressions on our faces are pretty funny. We went up in the mountains a few weeks ago to take some pictures with our friends the McBrides. We watched as their girls sat quietly and smiled at the camera, and then it was our turn.

We have hardly any pictures of us all together as a family and this is why: Elise does not respond well to direction and dislikes sitting still, especially if her friends are off running around without her. She really has a mind of her own. It is also physically impossible to get a baby to look up a camera too. Oh well, at least we tried. It was a miserable failure, but it was our failure.