Note the drum we picked up for her while in Ethiopia. This girl luvs to drum.
Enjoy...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Our Flourishing Girl
Here is a quick video of Donovan and Noemi singing the Lem Lem song that I talked about in my earlier post. It's hilarious to test her--we can start singing it anywhere/anytime and her eyes alert to us and her little hands automatically start clapping. It's like her brain is hardwired to respond this way. The caregivers at Layla House would sing "lem lem" (which means flourish in Amharic) then clap twice and repeat...over and over...it's that simple. And it makes her (and us) smile every time.
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So adorable!! I love the clapping!!!
Hahaha! I love how she's trying to figure out how to clap with just one hand...hand in the air...hand on the floor... then gives in a sits up to use both hands :)
She is too cute! I love the dress.
So incredibly darling! Thank you so much! We can't wait to sing it with our little guy!
blessings,
The Fultons
i seriously watched this three times in a row and was just cracking up. that is hilarious. since she was so sick in Ethiopia, i have never heard her making little baby noises...so sweet and so fun to hear her little voice. I loved her clapping. Mekonen hasn't gotten the clapping down yet. Cute polka dot tights!
oh my goodness, so so so adorable. I wish I had known this on my escort trip with two Layla babes. SPD
What a beautiful darling you have! Thanks for sharing the song. I look forward to singing it with our Maggie (Deme) when she gets home.
nora's make me watch this video 7 or 8 times now. she's singing along, too.
Great, now I've got that song stuck in my head.
...lem lem...lem lem...lem lem...
:)
That is such a cute song, I tried it with Esuyawkal and he looked at me like I was nutty. I love that they sing a little song to the children to encourage them to flourish. It reminds me of the scene in the movie Totoro where the two young girls are dancing around their acorn seeds to make them grow. AAI nannies are awesome!
I counted. We watched this 16 times last night at Stella's request. "Let me watch that movie again...the one where the dada sings and baby claps"
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