Alyssa will pretty much do anything to watch a movie. The typical is to say “movie please" followed by listing each and every one of her movies in a whiny voice while following you around the house until you give in or distract her. Depending on which room in the house you are in her request change from DVD’s to YouTube video’s. (She’s a huge fan of The Elephant Song on YouTube and knows most of the words.)
Well the other day we were all sitting in the living room watching TV and she asked to watch one of her movies. We said no and suggested she go play with her books or puzzles and then continued on watching our show. A few minutes later Luke turns around to this:
Here she is amazingly reaching up to grab one of her DVD’s. It’s pretty amazing because what you can’t tell from the first picture is that her DVD’s are on a shelf that she can not reach! The second picture is the view from afar:
She used her piggy to balance and reach the taller shelf! It may be typical for boys at her age to climb on things, but this is the very first time she has ever climbed up on something. She rarely attempts to climb up on the couch which she could probably do if she really wanted to.