Stupid Baby Tricks

Have you ever watched David Letterman? Mami LOVES his show.

One of the funniest skits is "Stupid Pet Tricks," where dogs and cats come out and do silly stuff like play basketball or sing "Happy Birthday."

There's another segment called "Stupid Human Tricks," where people come out and drink a glass of milk through their nose or ride a unicycle on a treadmill. Goofy but fun, right?

Well, whenever I learn to do something new, Mami calls it a Stupid Baby Trick. It's not meant to be mean! She just thinks it's funny because even though my parents think it's a huge deal when I learn a new trick, they know some people are thinking, "Big deal! So your baby learned how to wave bye-bye! Way to go, Einstein!"

Hee hee!

I'm still proud of all my tricks, and so are my Papis. I like to practice by doing them over and over again. So today, I thought I would share them with everybody.

In the first picture, you can see I'm waving bye-bye. I started doing this about one week ago. I even wave bye-bye to my toys sometimes. I'm not quite clear on what bye-bye means yet, but it's fun!

In the next picture, I'm doing "tortillitas," or clapping my hands. It's like the Mexican pattycake song. I do it whenever my Mami or Papi sing the song to me! I have even started doing it to other songs. I just love to clap!

Here, I am shaking my head "no." That's why my face looks blurry! This is a fun one. Some babies shake their head no when they're being cranky, but I do it mostly for fun. I smile while I'm doing it. At day care, I shake my head no and then the other babies start doing it, and then we all laugh!


I think this next trick is my favorite right now. I'm blowing a raspberry with my mouth. See my little tongue sticking out? It makes such a cool sound. Lately, I have started doing it when Mami is feeding me dinner. When she least expects it, there's carrots or sweet potatoes flying towards her! Then I give her one of my cutest smiles, and she never gets mad.

Here's a cool one: I give myself kisses in the mirror. I'm not full of myself or anything; mostly, I just think it's kind of fun to fog up the mirror with my breath!

And last but not least is my trademark: the "happy hands." See how my hands are in motion? Whenever I am really happy or excited or frustrated, I wiggle both my hands in circles really fast! Picture a beauty pageant wave, but in hyperspeed. Aunt Mar and Uncle Greg get a big kick out of this one, and so do my Abuelitos. They call it "los patos," because it's almost like I'm using my hands to imitate a duckie swimming through the water.

So what do you think of all my tricks? Silly, stupid or spectacular? :-)