Family Journal

Here are some of the words Miriam (age 16 months) knows how to say(and English translations):
cook (cookie)
fwa (fly, as in, the toy bird flies)
bye-o (bye)
haai (hi)
hhhhaaw (cat)
oouff (dog)
ba (bird) (ball) (bath) (bed)
dak dak dak dak (duck)
tee (tree)

She nods politely when asked if she has gone to the park, whether she has or not. She points to the "yellow circle" in the book, can match shapes to put square shaped pegs in square shaped holes, turns puzzle pieces (the kind where there's one piece per animal) to fit, blows into a whistle, murrs when she wants something, celebrates accomplishing a task with a high pitched "hrmm!" noise for "all done" that Julia Child might say if she lost the power of the spoken word, claps, but not rhythmically. She likes putting the shoes away, cookies, smiling when others are smiling, finding her belly button, Sophie cat, pointing, reading in her reading corner, and lining up her two dozen odd small plastic animals on their feet. She does not like when her parents leave, even for a moment, getting diaper changed, sometimes, going down the slide sitting up (but on her belly is increasingly fun), flying in airplanes, getting vitamins, or when too many new people are around. She (sometimes) understands that only some her small plastic animals can fly, the ones with wings, even the penguins. Once she lined up all of the quadrupeds separate from the other animals. I was so proud, my heart exploded a little bit.

Yesterday's run destination: the supermarket

Yesterday's menu:
breakfast: ceral
lunch: chicken marbella, orzo salad, spinach salad, cherry walnut brownies
dinner: leftovers from lunch