Yellow. Where would YOU take someone that said that?

What if your daughter came and stood 5 feet away from you, staring intently at you? You have NO idea what she wants and she keeps staring deep into your eyes like you can read her mind. You finally feel uncomfortable and say "Go get your talker and tell me what you want". She comes back and says (with the talker) "car". You think to yourself...."this is pretty cool. She wants something and is initiating telling me. But does she want something out of the car (that she left there?) or does she want to go for a ride IN the car?" Jack pipes up..."Show her both options with your hand in the air" (a common practice we use). Meanwhile Brooke chimes in "We went on a Jeep ride earlier and I told her we could go again so maybe that's what she wants?" We look outside and it is dumping rain so Jeeping is out. So I put emphasis with my left hand "do you want something inside the car?" and then with my right hand "OR a car ride?". Molly points to car ride.

"Ok, where do you want to go?"

She said "Yellow".

Your guess is as good as mine when she answers like this. "You want to go for a car ride to Yellow?"

She nods.

Ugh. Where is Yellow? Yellowstone in Wyoming? Kinda doubt it. My mind is blank.

Brooke says "Oh, right!! She was telling me that she wanted a yellow shirt and some red socks the other day when we were out. Maybe that's what she is talking about?"

I look at Molly...."Do you want to go shopping for a yellow shirt?" She nods and immediately heads towards the door. Sweet! We figured it out....way to go team Bell! If Brooke hadn't been there, the outcome would not have ended so happily. And it's Saturday afternoon with no commitments so I could take her right then.

We head over to Big 5 as I know that's where she and Brooke had been the day she was wanting "red socks". The Arc Thrift Store is right next door so I asked her which store she'd like to go to and she said (with her mouth) "Arsh". So we headed to the women's aisle and started pulling every yellow shirt off the rack. As she'd see another one, I'd ask which one she liked better, as she was only getting ONE shirt (because really...yellow is not her color). ;)  The second shirt she pulled was a very deep yellow shirt that said "Costa Rica" on it. None of the next 5 shirts compared and she held on tightly to the one that she really wanted. We checked out and paid $1.99 since it was marked down $1. Gotta love shopping at the ARC! Then we went to Big 5 and bought her socks and my girl was happy!!

And so was I as she had initiated a shopping trip and asked for what she wanted. This NEVER happens and I love being able to do something for her that SHE wants!

Can't wait for the day that she says "Happy Hour"!

Yellow