She says too many words to list. Some favourites are milk, hat, ball, bug (her scramble bug), octopus (thanks Grandad Steve!), Dada (still), Wawa (she can't say Vera, which is the name of her favourite rabbit which is staying with us right now, and who she follows around the whole house saying "Wawa! Wawa!" and trying to show her things). She likes to say the names of her friends, especially Ros and Ally. She says flower and asks for her bath at night, and says "hot" if it's too warm. She can say please, and she can sign it too. She usually does both.
I love her communication more than anything. I love that I can have a conversation with the person I made and grew inside my body for all those long months. It's like a part of me split off and grew into something which can perceive the world in it's own way, and then tell me about it. I hope I never ever get tired of listening to what she has to say.
She loves couscous and granary bread, bran flakes with sour cream, lentil and carrot soup, and the crusts of the pizza. She likes quorn, but only if it's plain with no sauce or flavours. She loves egg if it's scrambled. She loves sausages. And yep, she still adores peas and sweetcorn and would eat nothing but that for every meal if she could. She takes the filling out of sandwiches and eats it separately. She likes chicken or cheese in sandwiches, but definitely not tuna. She likes bolognese but isn't as keen on lasagne.
She seems to like dogs and cats equally, and remarks on every single one she sees. She knows that dogs in the park aren't supposed to lick her face, so sometimes she tries to lick theirs instead. She thinks some things are "yuck" but clearly not licking dogs on the face! The bin is yuck, and picking her nose is yuck, but she still does it anyway with a big grin while loudly proclaiming how "YUCK!" it is.
She likes watching "ideo" (videos) on the "apto" (laptop) and we have to be quite strict about not spending all day watching them. She likes phonics songs, a french baby cartoon called Trotro about a little donkey, and nature documentaries, especially ones about the oceans and fish. She also likes watching silly cat videos and says "dat!" over and over and over while watching them.
She loves singing, and sings Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Wind The Bobbin Up all by herself, although she only has a few of the words. She does all the actions. She loves Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and If You're Happy And You Know It. She loves Twinkle Twinkle but mostly before bed time.
She knows a few of the letters of the alphabet in phonics, and knows that h is for hat, b is for ball, c is for cat, a is for apple, and a few of the others. She knows some of the order of the alphabet, if you're singing it (in phonics) and stop she can often say the next letter.
She still doesn't really know any colours, this is one we're working on. She knows a lot of shapes, a few fruits and vegetables, and LOTS of animals. Little lady can point out a flamingo, a donkey, a hippo, a panda, and about a bajillion more. She knows that beavers live in a "wodge" (lodge) and that an owl is a kind of bird and a spider a kind of bug. She knows that a dolphin is NOT a fish, and neither is a whale ("waaay"). Her favourite animal of them all right now is a guinea pig ("gig pig") but she LOVES tropical fish as well.
She loves to help around the house, and put away her toys. She definitely doesn't get this from me!
She loves books, but prefers non-fiction. I often get science/nature books for older children out of the library because the pictures are more complex, and she's really interested in them.
I love finding things out about her. I love singing and dancing and going for walks with her. She's pure, concentrated fun - total innocent enjoyment of every exciting thing we do. Everything is new when you're with her. I'm constantly reminded that she's seeing/doing this for the first time, and that this thing right here is really awesome when you stop and think about it.
She reminds me that it's often harder, but always better, to laugh than to get upset or angry. She teaches me to be more patient and understanding, and to reign in my temper and my judgement and my self-centredness. She teaches me how to have fun. She says "kick!" and shows me how to kick a football, so patiently, as if she's the one showing me how everything works. And, a lot of the time, she really is.
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