For the most part, Melina is a pretty good talker. She is loud, has a good vocabulary, and most people can understand what she says. Of course, there is some amount of interpretation that must go on, as she leaves out important words, or references something unknown. Most of what she says is pretty funny (at least to us) so I thought I'd share a few items for those of you that don't see her every day.
1. I DON'T THINK THAT IS AN IDEA! This is in all caps, since she usually says it pretty loudly to her siblings. We are pretty sure she is telling them that it isn't a GOOD idea.
2. Amorrow, Mommy, I go to Peggy's house. On Monday. Today not Monday. Nothing funny there. She is telling the truth most of the time, if it isn't Monday. And she loves Peggy's house.
3. I wake up ah Midnight, Mommy. The ah here is her form of a preposition. I like to think that she already knows French, and therefore chooses to use à, which means to, at, or in. And again, you can't say she isn't truthful. In this slow weaning process, she still sometimes wakes up at midnight.
4. Shadow smiled at me. He did. This one really makes us smile. She goes up to the dog's face, smooches him, and tries to hug him. She always says this, and tags on that, "He did." Somehow, it is just really cute.
5. Daddy, I wike your shirt. So far, the kid hasn't met a shirt she doesn't like. She says this to just about anyone (of course, then she inserts the right name) and to just about any shirt. She just said it to Tim tonight, and all he had on was a white T-shirt.
6. Time to sleep, wittle foal, wittle foal. This is my absolute favorite, and writing it down does not do justice to the scene. She loves to read Mem Fox's Time for Bed. Usually, one of us reads it to her while we lie down on her bed, and then she picks it up and reads it aloud. The way she pronounces the word foal, and repeats the sentence, over and over, is just hilarious and adorable. She also calls the snake a worm -- somehow it is a delight to see.A video would be good here, but alas, we don't have it.
The development of verbal skills is one of my favorite things to witness as a child matures. I can't wait to see what the next couple of years bring.
1. I DON'T THINK THAT IS AN IDEA! This is in all caps, since she usually says it pretty loudly to her siblings. We are pretty sure she is telling them that it isn't a GOOD idea.
2. Amorrow, Mommy, I go to Peggy's house. On Monday. Today not Monday. Nothing funny there. She is telling the truth most of the time, if it isn't Monday. And she loves Peggy's house.
3. I wake up ah Midnight, Mommy. The ah here is her form of a preposition. I like to think that she already knows French, and therefore chooses to use à, which means to, at, or in. And again, you can't say she isn't truthful. In this slow weaning process, she still sometimes wakes up at midnight.
4. Shadow smiled at me. He did. This one really makes us smile. She goes up to the dog's face, smooches him, and tries to hug him. She always says this, and tags on that, "He did." Somehow, it is just really cute.
5. Daddy, I wike your shirt. So far, the kid hasn't met a shirt she doesn't like. She says this to just about anyone (of course, then she inserts the right name) and to just about any shirt. She just said it to Tim tonight, and all he had on was a white T-shirt.
6. Time to sleep, wittle foal, wittle foal. This is my absolute favorite, and writing it down does not do justice to the scene. She loves to read Mem Fox's Time for Bed. Usually, one of us reads it to her while we lie down on her bed, and then she picks it up and reads it aloud. The way she pronounces the word foal, and repeats the sentence, over and over, is just hilarious and adorable. She also calls the snake a worm -- somehow it is a delight to see.A video would be good here, but alas, we don't have it.
The development of verbal skills is one of my favorite things to witness as a child matures. I can't wait to see what the next couple of years bring.
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