If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet

For the first post-entry in Alice's blog, I'll tell you about Alice's foot stomping. It's hard to put into words, and unfortunately there is very little video, but here goes. First, Alice was and is a very expressive child, and her body language is very animated. We joke that she should never play poker. She'll walk with a little side to side strut, she dances often, bounces up and down, jumps, hops, etc. Most of the time her general happiness is showing through in her physical behavior. She just has a spring in her step most times. When she gets really excited she would stomp her feet rapidly. Its almost as if she would run in place. Additionally, its involuntary...so if she was walking around and saw a toy she really liked, there would be a little thump-thump-thump-thump from her feet. If you called her into the kitchen and asked her if she would like some grapes or blueberries, she might reply, "yay," while stomping her feet. She might even throw in a little stomping while walking around the house if she was in a particularly good mood.