August brought visits from Uncle Jamie and his crew AND grammy and grampy - and as luck would have it they overlapped just long enough for us to share a meal in the garden on one of the very few non-muggy days we've had in NYC since our return. The garden is one of our favorite things about our building in NYC. Not only does it make you feel very landed gentry-like, it's also a great place to take Noa walking without having to mess with the hectic pace of Manhattan sidewalks or 2nd Avenue traffic.
Noa really enjoys having family around. Even when she isn't directly
interacting with folks, she likes the excitement and chatter and energy
of social gatherings in general but when she's with family she really
seems to get that it's a special. And she love sharing her latest,
greatest trick which is super-sonic belching. I swear, you'd think she
was hanging out with sailors and 12-year-old boys!
Noa's impressive breath control and manipulation of air channels seems to be somewhat lost on her teachers and therapists who made a point of letting me know that they are ignoring her belches... and her fake sneezes. The problem is Noa learned on vacation that people respond to these things. It's hard to tell friendly strangers who say "bless you" to stop giving her blessings! And frankly, you can't really stop other kids from enjoying a good belch.
Plus I've got to admit there is a sort of genius what Noa is doing. If we're in the elevator or walking in the garden and Noa thinks there is someone around but she can't tell, she can usually find out by belching or sneezing and waiting for someone to respond. Sure it's not the most lady-like way to get someone's attention, but from Noa's perspective it certainly makes for a lot of laughter and what could be bad about that? Good question, Noa. Good question.
No comments:
Post a Comment