*sighs*

So, here I am, happily perusing the vast sign language resources on the internet. Not, today, for any reason - just for fun.

And I'm comparing and contrasting, because, while I've long since become relatively blase about the fact that I can say dog while other people say perro or chien, the idea that two different people can sign "brown" completely differently still manages, somehow, to boggle my mind. Apparently. This is kinda silly, really, given that I know already I'm looking at different languages on purpose, but it's something to do, anyway.

And I came across this site, which looks like it'd be a great resource if only it were designed with some sense. Labelled buttons, for example. Y'know, those things that tell us what we're doing?

*sighs*

I'm not such a big fan of the obligatory animation idea, either. Just because you *can* do your entire site using Quicktime or Shockwave or Flash doesn't mean you *should*.

Written instructions are also proving useful, as in "do this sign, then change it into that one", for those of us who really can't see those teeny tiny images on most sites, or who like to recap what we saw. I'm just saying.

Taken from moggymania

Wherein a mother's murder/suicide of her own son is called an "act of love"

It doesn't get any better from there. I strongly suggest people with sensitive stomachs don't read that article.

Ana can now clap kinda in rhythm.

I just noticed this Friday - they were clapping to a song, and Ana wasn't doing her normal method of clapping haphazardly (like every kid her age seems to do), but actually matching the rhythm.

Or, more likely, clapping only when the adults were clapping.

But it's still really cool. It happened all of a sudden - last week she couldn't do this. Or wouldn't, anyway, which is much the same thing.

And she's getting better and better at singing close to tune. She can even be singing the actual melody if I sing with her and go slowly.

It's so wonderful :)

Everybody's gone to California, so I get to sleep late until Thursday, and Ana won't be back until the 7th. Yay.

Hey, mayna.

Didja get the $20 and box back yet?

Hey, world. Does his scare you like it scares me? Since when does the US Post Office go in for cheesy promotional ploys like contests?

Ana's also started building real things with her blocks.

She's just brilliant, right? No kid's ever done this kind of stuff before :P

Anyway, I'm looking now into other blocks to get her to fill out her collection, so she can build more than just a single, unsturdy cube. With triangles on top for a roof.

Any suggestions? (And yes, we can always use more alphabet blocks!)