Itsy bitsy spider

The Itsy bitsy spider is Andrew's new song around home. I don't know if they are doing it also at school, I assume so since Andrew has the actions down remarkably well. He can't make the spider climb up the water spout yet, but heck I didn't master that for years myself. :)

So we sing this at home, and I sometimes have to remind Andrew that he needs to help me, but overall he's very good about it. He has those cute, exaggerated motions that just make you want to laugh. :)

The interesting thing about doing something with an Autistic child, you realize things that you wouldn't have otherwise. For instance, did you realize the Itsy bitsy spider song ends with the word "again"? Now you may know that and you may say . . . well duh, but this fact was never significant to me until I started singing the song with Andrew. He will sing that one word with me, and then look at me and say "again?", meaning he wants to sing again. Now when he says that, I usually say "ok" and then we start all over.

What's totally amusing about that is that now, when we finish the song, it's not uncommon to hear Andrew walk away saying (quite to himself) "Again?" "OK." without any interaction from me, and without having to sing it again. I think Andrew honestly believes that you end the Itsy Bitsy Spider song with those two words once you're done singing. :)