Mirror Neurons

A year ago I watched a PBS clip about mirror neurons.  You can watch the video here:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/mirror-neurons.html

In a nutshell we learn as we watch others and some of us learn in this manner better than others.  Recent events have led me to believe that my daughter has Gifted and Talented mirror neurons.

Earlier today I picked up my daughter from her last day of Kindergarten Kamp.  Being that her Kindergarten Kareer will start next week I wanted us to have some bonding time. The plan was to participate in one of our favorite mommy/daughter activities: shopping.

We headed out toward town and had to drive around in circles to find parking outside of one of my favorite little boutiques.  I kept telling ms fashionista that we'd have to leave if we didn't find parking and she replied, "Don't give up mommy, keep trying!" So we kept circling wasting our $3.99 a gallon gas and parked at the expensive lot on the fourth turn.

We stopped at the first boutique and picked up a blouse that I had put on hold.  The boutique only had "big girl" clothes and I promised her that we would go to another store that had little girl clothes.  We walked down the block and came to the boutique.  I opened the door and pointed her toward the rack of girl clothes.  She immediately walked up the rack, and started oohing and ahhhing at the pretty colorful dresses.  Together we picked two dresses in her size and SHE handed them to the fabulous salesgirl.  Ms fashionista ran after the salesgirl and followed her to the dressing room.  Ms Fashionista told me that she could, "do it herself" and didn't need my help so I sat outside and waited for her.  After a few minutes I heard her squealing with delight and I told her to come out.  She ran out with a cute little blue dress on and started jumping up and down in excitement.  It was the cutest thing ever.

I sent her back in and told her to try on the second dress.  A few minutes later more squealing.  She came out when I told her and started parading around the store showing the sales aunties the cute little dress.  When she was done changing back into her dress I told her she could choose only one and she chose the pink dress (no surprise).  I grabbed the pink dress and brought it to the register to pay.  She grabbed the blue dress, walked up to the register and told aunty, "Aunty, put my name on the dress and put it in the back so I can buy it tomorrow."  Aunty sales gal stood there with her mouth hanging open and muttered, "I've never seen anything like this before."  I giggled too thinking...well, ms fashionista sees this happen at least once a week and dyamn she's a fast learner!

Now, if she can convince daddy to go back to Fighting Eel and pick up her HOLD tomorrow I will BOW TO THE MASTER!!!