Emry Can Scream, Can You?

One of Emry’s favorite books is Dr. Suess’s Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? She loves sounds. She has loved sounds since she was a tiny little thing. She makes so many sounds, she challenges the idea that little boys make more sounds than little girls. Of course, she has a Papa who also loves sounds to help her out…

Emry can sound like the goats in her Little People barn: AAAHHHH! (And if you think we’re instructing our child in the wrong animal sounds, look up “Screaming Goats” on Youtube.)

Emry can sound like her Little People tractor: Ee-ii-ee-ii…. (Okay, so we’re having a little trouble with the “Oo” at the end of that song, but it works just as well to push it all over the house shouting/singing “Ee-ii-ee-ii!!!”)

Emry can sound like her piano: Roar! (Her toy piano also makes animal sounds, one of our favorite buttons being the lion.)

Emry can sound like a pig: La, la, la! (“No, no, you say, that’s not right…” Oh, good, you’ve read the book, too!)

Emry can sound like cicadas: Rrrbuzzrrrbuzzrrrbuzz

And it’s very, very hard to make a sound like that.

But thanks to Papa, they sit outside on the front porch these summer evenings and talk to the cicadas in the trees. It’s one of her favorite noises.