Morizits! Morizits!
Julia has started standing in front of the full-length mirror, putting her hands on the frame, leaning in real close, and saying quietly to herself, "Beautiful baby!" When I heard her saying this the other day, I asked, "Who's a beautiful baby? Is it Baby Angie? Is it Baby Barbara? Is it Baby Catherine? Is it Baby Diane?" She let me get three or four names out, saying, "No..." each time in her cheery way before exclaiming, "Baby Julia!" and doing a little skippy dance. Then she looked at me eagerly and said, "More is its! More is its!" (This was pronounced, "Morizits! Morizits!") I asked a few more, getting more "no" responses and then a happy "Baby Julia!" Rinse, repeat. Now she wants me to do this in all kinds of settings. "I see something outside by the bird feeder! Is it an elephant? Is it a truck? Is it Mama? Is it a couch?" "No... No... No... No... Birdy! Birdy! [dance dance] Morizits! Morizits!"
posted by Christopher Tassava at Tuesday, May 09, 2006
2 Comments:
Ah, too cute! I can't wait until the Hatchling can play games like that. I can totally picture the dance. Awesome.
It's hella fun. It's also fun to derail the call-and-response by throwing a known person in. "Baby Ellie," for instance, stopped Julia cold while she remembered who exactly that was, and then she made her quiet little baby-crying sound. Saying, "Baby Elise/Kerri/Alison" also stopped her cold, but then she said, "Fwiends? Come over! Shy about it."
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