language updates

We are hearing lots of narratives lately - with a lot more observations that make sense to us. (watching a karate movie and two guys are fighting each other)

Esme: ow - you alright? ow ow - you alright? you okay? hey hey hey! (make them stop) Is he hurt? He IS hurt? ow ow? (looks very sad and then very softly says: oh sh*t)

Later in the film there was a cat in the apartment that cried as it was stepped on - and for several minutes Esme kept asking 'where's the kitty? kitty okay?' Eventually the film showed the kitty okay again and I hear 'there's the kitty - you're aright!'

We're also taking care of Iggy and her litter of puppies. Esme has lots to say about them, colors of puppies, what they are doing etc etc... I'm amazed she is starting to pick up our animals' names now and more than just Iggy (which we named because she could say it). I've heard her say Misha and Ninja.

She was making her little playmobil girls swim in her cereal milk today *sigh* and then we had to go wash their hands. Her frogs are getting 'adjustments' with a plastic wrench tonight. She puts it around their neck and says 'ow? ready?'

She's also picked up this very cute response to anything we ask her if she wants to do. 'Oh, OKAY! (walk off in the direction of doing that activity)'

A few 29 month updates

Esme learned to tickle during this month. She comes up to you and says 'tik-tik-tikku!'. She will even tickle characters in a book and laugh for them. She also has been much freer with hugs and kisses, both to people she likes when she is feeling cuddly and also to show she likes things like fabric, pretty rocks and food she wants to eat. I'm glad she is telling us what she likes!

Much better language this month - fuller sentences, more words overall and trying to describe more complicated ideas with the words she has already learned. Asks for things she wants to do and understands some 'after' and 'not because' explanations. She will say the 'Oh S***' word sometimes when she drops something, especially down the stairs... *facepalm* Feeds toys and has them pretend to eat other things like dice, keyboards, Mom and Dad... hops her plastic frogs around the house and says 'ribbit ribbit' and her cars around saying 'vroom vroom.' Will hold conversations between two toys - some words of which I understand, make them fight, hug and sometimes one has to rescue another one from under a blanket, in a box etc... That makes me laugh! Told Daddy what she thought was dangerous and warned him not to touch a 'hot' thing. Some attempt to read more and several 'sight words' from her computer games, flash cards and Electric Company. She can also undo her own carseat buckles now - oh joy! She has put on her own shoes even when I said 'No' and has become insistent about eating soup and cereal out of bowls with spoons.

More stubbornness this month though, less naps and greater crankiness over things she doesn't want to do that we insist on - hand washing and teeth brushing and going to bed etc...

weird trick: will take two six-sided dice and roll one, then match the dots on the second one to be the same as the first. She came up with this 'game' and thinks its great fun.