odin had fun hanging out with grandparents who he hadn’t seen since the Really Big Field Trip. grandma salmi took a moment to practice the abc’s with ella and odin became fascinated with investigating ella’s face as she sang along with grandma.

being the obsessive observer that i am, i can’t help but wonder if he’s learning through touching, feeling the sound of the letters coming out of her mouth while gathering little bits of data on how to improve his own language skills.

or maybe it was just his way of saying “hello”.