"Who's on first?"

Avery and I had an actual conversation today.
It went something like:
"Listen, do you hear that?"
followed by Avery cupping her hand to her ear and saying "something?"
and me replying "Do you hear something?"
Then she'd say "Chee-chee?" for birdie (which was what the sound was that we were listening to)
and I'd say "Yes, I think it's a birdie"
and she'd say "Where?"
"Outside," I'd reply.

Then we'd hear the bird again and I'd say "Listen, do you hear that?" and the whole thing would start over again.

We must have gone on that way for 30 minutes.
Now she keeps putting her finger to her mouth, saying "Shhh," and then cupping her hand to her ear and saying "Sissen" for 'listen.'

Maybe we'll learn to be quieter this way? She's also picked up screeching at the top of her lungs for no reason and absolultely unprovoked. Fun fun.

It's amazing to me the things she remembers after only being told them one time. Today we were looking at shapes, and I explained that a kite is in the shape of a diamond.

Later, we were at Target, and they had a bunch of photo albums with a window on the front for a picture to show through in the shape of a diamond. She kept pointing at them and saying "Kite, kite."

At first I had no idea what she was talking about, so I said "Light?" thinking she was pointing up at the lights. Then she'd answer "Where?" which means to me that no, that's not what she was talking about. (If I acknowledge the thing she's trying to point out to me correctly, she'll stop saying it and move on to the next thing of interest).

I looked around, pointed to the diamond shape and said "Kite?" and she said, "Okay." I was amazed.