Kermit the Frog

Okay, so we've finally finished these insane days of module classes... which translates to Todd and I are each down to one class a piece, one day a week for three hours (plus the seminars for World Missions which are about 20-30 hours a week), so we're REALLY excited to have some free time on our hands.

That being the case, we finally took up another missionary's offer of a Baby Einstein bouncy-walker-thing. Walked down to get it (which is no small task when people drive on your street like they're racing to the hospital because, well, they're racing to the hospital!), cleaned it up and put Emme in it.

Now Emme is only 15 weeks old today and still slightly small for the chair. So, being the resourceful mom that I am, I shoved towels all around my precious girl until the chair worked (probably not the safest thing to do). Now, this is one of those chairs that doesn't walk around. It stays in one location (great for Mom) but the chair spins around so that Emme can have a 360-degree view of the room, or in this case, the room and a wall. There are four stations with things that move, a piano keyboard that lights up, etc. Of all these gadgets and gizmos, my daughter decided that a small green frog was the lucky recipient of her undivided attention.


Two things you need to understand about my daughter. One, she does things her way, in her time, and on her terms. Period. Two, she has discovered the ability to stick her tongue out in the last two days. So back to the new-fangled toy. Emme has chosen to like this frog. She made a few friendly noises at Kermit, but when no friendly noises were returned, the staring contest started. She started low, she stared straight on. There were stares from tip-toes and stares at close range. She tried everything in her power to goad that frog into an argument. When she realized that Kermit wouldn't bite for anything, she stuck her tongue out and yelled at me, as if I had control of that evil green monger who eats flies.