ABC...Wowwee!

Olivia half sang, half said the ABC's yesterday -- the whole she-bang. Every letter and even the "now I know my ABC's," verse at the end. She does her best performing when she's not put on the spot (which makes "Olivia, can you count for Grandma?""Olivia, tell Auntie how old you are" really difficult). She was just talking and singing to herself and then she started in on the alphabet song. I let her finish before breaking into raucous applause. This startled her and about sent her through the roof. She came running to me, terrified, of my sudden outburst. Can you blame me?