Hug Twice

My in-laws are visiting for a week, and my father-in-law commented that Alexa has the most expressive face he’s ever seen.  And she really does make a lot of faces.  She knows what she likes, and what she doesn’t, and she’s not afraid to let you know.

Today at the zoo, I took about 40 pictures of her sitting on a metal turtle, all one after another, and even though there is only a second or so delay between shots with my camera (nope, not a fancy SLR, just a point and shoot) it seems in each picture she’s got a different expression.  Laughing one second and wrinkling her nose the next, then puckering up, then looking shy and demure, then back to happy with a goofy grin.  It amazes me that she can express so much in a single look.

And then there are the times she uses her whole body to express something, like on the carousel, where she was not pleased with the panda moving up and down, so she threw herself into my arms with all her might.

So we sat down on a bench for the rest of the ride.  Cautious, that one.  At least, the first time. 

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