Sound Effects

Julia is a fun little girl to be around and as her language skills develop I am especially enjoying talking with her. She is at a fun age because she is starting to understand more. She is able to express herself better even if we don't understand all the words she uses. I especially like when she tells me stories. In conversations with her she likes to use sound effects to explain herself. I love hearing these little highlights to her stories, and they do help her get her point across. If she is telling a story about how she was scared, she will stop mid sentence, let out a scream with a wide-eyed startled look on her face, and then continue on in a normal tone. Lately, she frequently accents descriptions of her potty training efforts with "sshhhh" sound effects and grunting noises. You have to pay close attention because she doesn't repeat herself, but I can't help smiling every time I hear her.