Our colors:
Red, blue, green, orange, yellow and purple. And possibly white. Their favorite color to seek out seems to be blue, but their favorite color to say is "purple". They both love to say "pur-pah".
Our sounds:
All the requisite cow, horse, sheep, pig, goat, and pirate sounds. Yes, I said pirate. Everyone with a pirate ship should know how to say "yarrr!".
Enough said.
Also, courtesy of Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, we also know how to say:
Pop, pop.
Klopp, klopp.
Hoo hoo hoo.
Dibble dibble*.
Bzzz, bzzz.
Boom, boom, BOOM!
Our numbers:
Nate and Seth have "one" and "two" down pat when stacking things. Also, they are freakishly good at stacking things. Blocks, toys, peas**... you name it. They are stacking it.
And whatever gets stacked on top of "one" and "two", be it three things or twelve things, the highlight is declaring "nine, ten!" when you are done.
Our alphabet:
Or "abba-bet!" as the case may be. Upper-case abba-bet is no match for Nate and Seth. They are keenly interested in all things abba-bet and can tell you what every single letter is no matter how abstractly it's presented.
In case any of this sounds like a shameless brag, it's not. I'm not the mom with the flash-cards.
I enjoy reading to them. And building things with them. Sometimes we count, but more often we don't. We make noises. Often with purpose. Sometimes loudly.
We have fun basically.
And I have no idea what's going on over here lately, but I do know I'm outnumbered because I can also count to one and two.
And quite frankly, I'm a little bit scared.
- L.
Also, courtesy of Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, we also know how to say:
Pop, pop.
Klopp, klopp.
Hoo hoo hoo.
Dibble dibble*.
Bzzz, bzzz.
Boom, boom, BOOM!
Our numbers:
Nate and Seth have "one" and "two" down pat when stacking things. Also, they are freakishly good at stacking things. Blocks, toys, peas**... you name it. They are stacking it.
And whatever gets stacked on top of "one" and "two", be it three things or twelve things, the highlight is declaring "nine, ten!" when you are done.
Our alphabet:
Or "abba-bet!" as the case may be. Upper-case abba-bet is no match for Nate and Seth. They are keenly interested in all things abba-bet and can tell you what every single letter is no matter how abstractly it's presented.
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In case any of this sounds like a shameless brag, it's not. I'm not the mom with the flash-cards.
I enjoy reading to them. And building things with them. Sometimes we count, but more often we don't. We make noises. Often with purpose. Sometimes loudly.
We have fun basically.
And I have no idea what's going on over here lately, but I do know I'm outnumbered because I can also count to one and two.
And quite frankly, I'm a little bit scared.
- L.
*Dibble, dibble appears to be unrelated to this, although it seemed like a likely suspect at first. "Dibba Day!" (whatever it means) is no dibble dibble, in case you were wondering.
**I bet you thought I was kidding, but I'm not. They have attempted to stack peas – with some actual success. Something I learned from my 17 month old boys: with a little bit of careful squishing along the way, it's not entirely impossible.
Unbelievable! Nate and Seth are so smart. It's a testament to what a great mommy they have that they are learning so quickly.
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