Simon is reading himself a version of Pushkin fairy tales which seems to be hilarious. If only we spoke his language! He is using his favorite incomprehensible phrase, "wanni waninah." He says this all the time, we keep wondering what it means. I think it's just a placeholder, like "yadda yadda yadda".
Here he is learning another kind of language, music.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Spring update
I haven't been as good about updating the blog lately, mostly because I am working full time now. The three month project I have been working on was extended for another six months, so we are getting used to the new schedule for a while. Simon still goes to daycare three days a week, and the other two days he has been spending with my parents or Michael's mom. Simon and his grandparents are really enjoying spending more time together.
He has been making so much progress on his talking, it's amazing. He mostly speaks one or two words at a time, but his vocabulary is huge. Last time I counted it was 150 words, but that was a few weeks ago and he learns lots of new words every week. Now he is starting to mimic complete sentences. The effect is strange because mostly he says things like, "No bath!" and "Two duckies!" but now it's mixed in with random stock phrases, like "What are you doing, Mommy?" and "I don't see it either" and "Doggie, where are you?"
He is also learning a bit of Arabic from Teta. He is singing the alphabet song in three languages!
Spring has come early here, as it has everywhere this year. We have been out at the park a lot, and Simon likes to walk the 5 blocks home from daycare rather than ride in the stroller, stopping to point out all the birds and flowers along the way. He can walk up and down the stairs by himself also (with a spotter in case he trips). And for some reason his hair has gotten more curly lately.
He has been making so much progress on his talking, it's amazing. He mostly speaks one or two words at a time, but his vocabulary is huge. Last time I counted it was 150 words, but that was a few weeks ago and he learns lots of new words every week. Now he is starting to mimic complete sentences. The effect is strange because mostly he says things like, "No bath!" and "Two duckies!" but now it's mixed in with random stock phrases, like "What are you doing, Mommy?" and "I don't see it either" and "Doggie, where are you?"
He is also learning a bit of Arabic from Teta. He is singing the alphabet song in three languages!
Spring has come early here, as it has everywhere this year. We have been out at the park a lot, and Simon likes to walk the 5 blocks home from daycare rather than ride in the stroller, stopping to point out all the birds and flowers along the way. He can walk up and down the stairs by himself also (with a spotter in case he trips). And for some reason his hair has gotten more curly lately.
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