taken literally

sierra is picking up new words every day and loves to repeat what we say - she's our little parrot.

there have been a few times recently where our communication has gotten mixed up because she hears what we say literally and that's not always what we mean. i'll give some examples, it's pretty funny...

daddy (while helping her brush her teeth) - "good job on the top. ok, now can you brush the bottom?"
sierra - puts the toothbrush on her (actual) bottom
(i mean, she got it right! she brushed her bottom!! hahaha)
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sierra loves to dance and we ask her to do it a lot because it puts her in a happy mood. right after her dancing, she always does some spinning around and we call it "turn around".

one day a few weeks ago she couldn't find a specific toy and i spotted it behind her. i said "sierra, turn around" and she did a complete 360 (spin) and just looked at me like 'ok i did a spin, now where is it?!". it was very cute. she was right...she did turn around - just all the way around!

this has happened a few times since also - when i'm dressing her or doing her hair or lifting her into a chair.

she sure does keep me laughing!