Laugh a minute

Emily has had a ton of funny things to say lately.  We we were making chocolates this afternoon, and she saw the bowl of melted chocolate and asked me, "Mom, do you dream in chocolate?"  We watched some TV this morning while Audrey snoozed in my arms, so she apparently picked up on that line from a chocolate commercial.  Isn't that great?

She has fallen in love with the book Amelia Bedelia, and at one point Amelia says "Yes, that will do nicely."  Emily has been parroting that all the time.  It's great to hear her talking like a book, and not so much like other kids at daycare.  Also during the chocolate-making, she was telling me about her friend Avery at daycare.  "Yeah, she's my BEST friend."

Audrey and I were playing the piano together the other day, and she really enjoyed it when she got ahold of one of my fingers so she could get me to play one note at a time.  So today when we sat down, she was all excited, trying to get ahold of my hand just the same way, and when she did, she happily smashed my hand around, playing one note at a time.  It's hard to write in words, but you know what I mean.  She really enjoys hearing single notes at a time, much more than Emily did, and I wonder if she's got more of an ear for melody, although from the singing that Emily and I did together today it'd be hard to imagine.  Emily sang "Golden Slumbers" and "Twinkle, Twinkle" with me today while I recorded it, and they are the absolutely most adorable videos you'll ever see (if I can get them posted.) 

At lunch today, when Emily finally showed up at the lunch table, I told her I was glad to see her.  Travis said, "I am, too."  Emily said, "I'm three."  It took me a minute to realize why she said it, and then it was pretty funny. 

I asked Emily to tell me a story the other day, when I was too tired to read her any more books and laid down on the couch with her, and she yammered and chatted while I laid there with my eyes closed.  It was a nice break for me, and she was happy to just keep telling me some nonsensical story.

We've had a great weekend, and I'm finally starting to get excited for Christmas. :)