"Mama, there are lots of customers in the store today."
Today I was wearing my "Mamaleh" shirt which is written in a font that is supposed to look like Hebrew. Elly started counting the letters, saying, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7! Seven gimmels!" I was floored. Then when we got to preschool Elly walked over to the alphabet poster and said, "Mama, look at all the gimmels!"
So when I talked to teacher Mel, I said, "Is gimmel the letter of the week?" and she said, "We don't have a letter of the week this week."
She must've just learned it from the Chanukah book about playing dreidel! Neat that she recognizes Hebrew - even Hebraicized Latin letters - and funny that she calls it all gimmel.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Mama Kes
Kes has always been such a lovey girl, but since turning one she has started showering her love not only on human beings but on stuffed animals. She has a favorite kitty that has become her sleeping lovey, and has even called out for it in the middle of the night (after calling out "Naynay!" and me making my appearance, she called, "Didda!")
The past few days, she has turned her affection to one of Elly's dolls. She picks it up and hugs it, saying "doydoy". Then today she started rocking while she was hugging it. It was so nurturing it brought tears to my eyes. (Then I remembered she IS a second-born Anderson girl and the nurturing temperment is just bound to happen... I guess I've gotten so used to her tantrums - also to be expected with a second-born Anderson girl, especially a redheaded one - that the nurturing was so touching.) Then she said, "Naynay!" And I said, "Oh, you want to nurse your dolly?" and she held it out to me for me to nurse it. I said, "How about Kessa do it?" and she looked confused but then cradled it in her arms in some semblance of a nursing hold and grinned at me.
That's my girl.
The past few days, she has turned her affection to one of Elly's dolls. She picks it up and hugs it, saying "doydoy". Then today she started rocking while she was hugging it. It was so nurturing it brought tears to my eyes. (Then I remembered she IS a second-born Anderson girl and the nurturing temperment is just bound to happen... I guess I've gotten so used to her tantrums - also to be expected with a second-born Anderson girl, especially a redheaded one - that the nurturing was so touching.) Then she said, "Naynay!" And I said, "Oh, you want to nurse your dolly?" and she held it out to me for me to nurse it. I said, "How about Kessa do it?" and she looked confused but then cradled it in her arms in some semblance of a nursing hold and grinned at me.
That's my girl.
Friday, September 1, 2006
Step!
Kes took her first steps today! I missed it, too! Scott saw the first one. She took one step and then stopped and giggled hysterically. Fortunately for me, the second time she did it was an exact repeat of that! Then later in the day she did three steps in a row two different times! And she says, "Teh!" with each step. It's so cute.
*sniff* I guess this makes my baby an official toddler. *sniff*
*sniff* I guess this makes my baby an official toddler. *sniff*
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