We can go ice skating and eat sugar plums!

I was was trying to stifle my giggles and keep a steady hand on the camera when mamala called from the kitchen, "She didn't!" My giggling increased, and I knew the camera was shaking. I called in reply, "She did!" Babyla was looking at me with a half grin, trying to figure out why I was laughing at her. Finally I gave up and ended the video taping. I hadn't taped her for a while, so I had decided to do so while she was putting presents under the tree. That turned out to be quite boring, however, so I had her sing a few songs. Then I got a brilliant idea--babyla can count to 30, so I decided to have her count! I said, "Let's see how high you can count. Count for me." Babyla counted 1,2,3,4,5. With each number, she held up the same amount of fingers (she does it funny--it's pointer finger, pinky, middle finger, then all four fingers, then all 5 with the thumb). When she finished, I waited for her to continue. When she didn't, I said "Count higher!" Babyla looked at me for a split second, reached her hand way up in the air and stretching to get as high as she could, and said, fingers ticking off, "1,2,3,4,5. Then she looked at me, waiting for my praise. Or to know why I was laughing.