Words. So many words! I've been writing and teaching with em. Marty's been writing em too. Elijah's been learning new ones every day. Some favorites (of mine, of his): smile (which he pronounces "saba"), caterpillar (calpidah), Grandpa Paul (Gampapow), Dumptruck Duck (adum aguch aduch), Thomas (the Tank Engine, which he pronounces "tahps"), cozy (which he pronounced "coze" until very recently). Some favorites of his (or at least things he talks about all the time): bulldozer (bullo), bus, truck (guch), kitty cat, airplane (aybaden), helicopter (helcloppah), KK (my frined Karla), necky bath (this is pics of him in the bath with cousins, which he asks to look at every day at least once . . . in general he is pretty into nudity, wants to be naked, is happy when we're naked, shouts out "necky" whenever he sees people outside in tank tops or shorts or photos in magazines where the models look undressedish). He also talks about all of his grandparents a lot and his cousin Harper (although sometimes he calls her hippo and he also named his hippo Harper). He also modifies things all on his own "Big truck" or "Loud motorcycle" or "Brown leaf" etc.
Ideas. I'm amazed at how much Elijah thinks and conceptualizes (one night at dinner he said "rocket ship" so I asked him where it went and he said to the sky [sykah] and I asked him what else is in the sky and he gave me a long list: moon, sun, airplane, cloud . . . ) and remembers . . . not just that he remembers things but that he remembers orders and minute details. He will tell me stories about what he did or what we saw together and he's very particular to put things in chronological order. He's started watching Elmo's House on Sesame Street after naps (I have two DVRed episode that he watches) and he will start to talk about Mr Noodle (missa noonul) and all the things Mr Noodle did on the episode and puts them in the order he did them in (hop like a kangaroo, waddle like a duck, leap like a frog, etc.). Yesterday, he saw a new episode (the second one, which we hadn't ever gotten to) in which Elmo plays a steel drum on a beach in the Caribbean and he completely freaked out. He demanded to be let out the front door and stood on the porch saying "Elmo? Rum?" Rum is his word for water, and so I guess he wanted to go to wherever it was Elmo was and see that sparkly blue water. It was super weird and he's never mistaken a picture for reality before. Maybe he was a Caribbean drum player in a former life? Whatever it was, this kid needs to see the beach!
Pics. I put up photos from September. October soon.
Autumn. It's cool and pretty here. This is Elijah in autumn gear:
1 comment:
Hoping you're all feeling better!! (I laughed out loud at the Elmo in the Caribbean story--"Rum" seems particularly apt. Also: "necky" = hilarious!!) Miss you all! xoxo
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