ANIMALS (11/27/07)

So Eli loves animals. We have taught him all the signs (sign language) for most animals and he can name them all...well at least make the animal sound for most of them. He enjoys the zoo and every new animal we come upon he shapes his lips into a circle, sucks in his breath, and acts as if the 54th visit to the zoo is his first. Well the best thing was when we came upon the girraffe exhibit. Eli did his excited ritual, pointed his finger to point out the long necked animal and shouts "NECK!" I laughed not thinking anything of it. Well he has a stuffed girraffe, a plastic girraffe, and many animal books with pictures of girraffes and they are all refered to as "NECKS!!!!" Being a mother is so wonderful and the things they pick up on......