One Little Bean
Friday, March 07, 2008
Letters, numbers, words oh my!
Right now Lily is bringing magnetic numbers to me and asking me what they are. She's learning five and three. She's already able to point out and say eight, and whenever we go out or are reading a book and come across an O, she points it out and tells us what it is.
And her vocabulary is increasing so quickly I can't even keep up with all her new words. She loves to ask what things are and when I tell her she repeats it. Some of the new words she says now are: on, off, music, dance, phone, nap, bib, thumb, hand, toe, foot, knee, chin, hair, head, (she's known eye, ear & nose for a while) diaper, pants, socks, shirt, juice, water, fork, spoon, cup, excuse me, bath, colour, sticker, youghurt, Babcia, Dziadek, Gran, (Uncle) Shane, Madeline, Pepito, bird, tree, bush, run, jump, and, almost & "all done".
When she asks to dance, it's a very specific request--she wants to be lifted up and goes into a waltz-like position, holding onto our free hand's thumb an swinging our arms up and down as we dance.
Lily has also started stringing words together, like "hi baby" and "almost all done" (when we are changing her diaper, which recently she HATES).
"And" comes in handy for her when she wants to know what something is and there is more than one of them. She points to one thing, we name it, she says "and" and points to another. I think she picked up that word from Hop on Pop. I'm so glad she got interested in books at such a young age.
And her vocabulary is increasing so quickly I can't even keep up with all her new words. She loves to ask what things are and when I tell her she repeats it. Some of the new words she says now are: on, off, music, dance, phone, nap, bib, thumb, hand, toe, foot, knee, chin, hair, head, (she's known eye, ear & nose for a while) diaper, pants, socks, shirt, juice, water, fork, spoon, cup, excuse me, bath, colour, sticker, youghurt, Babcia, Dziadek, Gran, (Uncle) Shane, Madeline, Pepito, bird, tree, bush, run, jump, and, almost & "all done".
When she asks to dance, it's a very specific request--she wants to be lifted up and goes into a waltz-like position, holding onto our free hand's thumb an swinging our arms up and down as we dance.
Lily has also started stringing words together, like "hi baby" and "almost all done" (when we are changing her diaper, which recently she HATES).
"And" comes in handy for her when she wants to know what something is and there is more than one of them. She points to one thing, we name it, she says "and" and points to another. I think she picked up that word from Hop on Pop. I'm so glad she got interested in books at such a young age.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Continually amazing me
This afternoon you went through all your books, looking at them yourself or having me read them to you. When you were finished, you picked up each book one by one and put them back on their shelf:
I've read that this streak of tidiness and cleanliness is just a phase. Darn!
I've read that this streak of tidiness and cleanliness is just a phase. Darn!Labels: reading
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Reading
I love how much you love to look at books and be read to. Here, we are waiting for Tatus to come home and you are thoroughly enjoying the books that Ciocia Monika lent us. :)
Labels: reading
Friday, September 28, 2007
Reading
Saturday, July 07, 2007
A day at the beach
On Sunday we went to the lake with Gran & Grampa. This was your first time being in a body of water bigger than a wading pool... and you loved it! 
Tatus introduces you to the water slowly.
Tatus introduces you to the water slowly.
Cold on your toes!
Mama takes you in
Here, you are laughing as I splash you through the waves.
In the water, while Gran & Grampa watch.
Time to play in the sand!
The first time you saw me building with the sand you laughed and laughed. I have no idea why you thought it was funny, but it was hilarious to see you laughing so hard. :)
We drove home in the evening, and watched the sun set as we went over the Coquihalla.
It was a wonderful, relaxing weekend!Labels: Gran + Grampa, mom's favourites, reading, swimming
Monday, June 18, 2007
A new book!
Babcia and Dziadek brought you a new book! It has sparkley parts that you love to touch.
Labels: reading
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Reading and rice cakes
You turn pages like a pro! Now, if only we could get you to stop pulling all the books and magazines of the shelves...
Oh the wonder that is a rice cake!!
Tastes pretty good, too! (Rice cakes are one of your favourite snacks now, because they make such a great crunch.)
Oh the wonder that is a rice cake!!
Tastes pretty good, too! (Rice cakes are one of your favourite snacks now, because they make such a great crunch.)
Labels: mom's favourites, reading, rice cakes
