Feb 10 2010
Annada’s hero: Brennan
Annada may not have a big brother, but she does have a boy who shows her how it is done. Every Thursday Annada’s goes to Brennan’s house (thank you Emily!!) while I go to YearOne meetings. Annada thinks Brennan is the greatest. In fact, this afternoon she completely forgot she was crying about more crackers when I reminded her Brennan was coming over soon.
I believe Brennan has taught Annada sign language. Annada started signing “all done” around 10-months-old. But it all started after Brennan had come over. Marc and I had been trying to teach her the sign for months without any progress. We do it one way, Brennan does it another. Sure enough, after their play date Annada started signing “all done”… just like Brennan! Plus last week Annada started signing “please.” The first time she ever did it was when she and Brennan were teaming up to ask for animal crackers – she watched him and started signing please too!
Brennan has also taught Annada how to play with her fridge animals, slide down stairs and open the trash can.