Speed Talking

For the last few weeks Gaby has been revved up when I get home from work, and I mean FULLY revved up. She will run down the hall and jump up into my arms, then will swing herself around to my back and scramble up to my shoulders where she will grab and tug on my ears. I've had to tell her to relax on the ears a few times now and I think if it happens again we are going to have to have a new rule.

Then when I go to read her a story before bed, she can't sit quietly and listen. She has to interrupt the story to ask questions or tell stories. A recent example went something like this:

me: "One fish, two fish, red fish blue fish"
her: "Daddy I have to tell you something."
me: "Old fish new fish, red fish blue fish."
her: "Daddy I have to tell you something."
me: "We are reading our story now. This one has a little star and this one has a little car."
her: "Daddy I REALLY need to tell you something".
me: "Okay what is it?"

Here, her talking will start to accelerate with increasing excitement as she literally races through the thing she has in mind:

"With Amanda, we went to the park and it was really cold and we were cold when we got home so we had hot chocolate and I got to mix it and we push marshmallows in it and we had three straws that we could stir it with and I took a sip out of all three at the same time!"

me: "Wow, that sounds great, Gabs. Sounds like you had a great time"
her: "uh-huh. I did!".

It's very cute. She is helping me to again appreciate the simple pleasures. I just wish she could go easy on the ears.

Here she is wearing a recent costume:


:)