Nose pose- November 16, 2011

If we didn’t know it already, we know it now. Our baby is a genius.

Last night after Charlotte’s bath I slathered her dry little arms and legs with moisturizer. I wrestled her wiggly body into hot pink pajamas before brushing her sweet smelling hair. It’s one of my favorite times of the day. We play this little game where I point out “Mama’s eyes” and “Charlotte’s eyes”, or the facial feature du jour.

Last night was a nasal lesson. I said, “nose” pointing to my schnoz. After repeating this multiple times she pointed to her nose and said “noe.”

“Aaaahhh!” ::APPLAUSE:: ::SQUEALING:: ::FIREWORKS::: ::EXPLODING MAMA HEAD::

I scooped her up, smothering my little scholar with kisses. I whisked her into the kitchen to show Daddy. She showed off her trick again.

“Wow!” ::APPLAUSE:: ::HIGH FIVES:: ::FIREWORKS::: ::EXPLODING DADDY HEAD::

We told her how proud we were of her as we discussed preschool programs at Harvard and Oxford.

I went to pick her up from school today and the class note said they were reading a story about faces and she did it again! She even did it one more time for me in class. Well, sort of…