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Sibling Sickness



With school starting, Maylin is left at home with mom. Where, oh where, have those fun siblings gone? She asks me a million times a day, "Dada?" and she turns her hands palm side up, like we do when we are gesturing "I don't know." Then she does the same and says "Aush" for Austin, then "Alice" for Alex and then "Nana" for McKenzie. We get the Aush and Alice, but can't figure out how she gets nana for Kenzie. Her siblings are thrilled she calls them by name and asks for them daily.

She has also started this thing that when she poops, she tells you by crinkling up her face, plugging her nose like it stinks and then sometimes accompanies that with the word "poop". Is this a clue potty training may be easier than expected?

Her vocab has exploded lately. She said "Bye Bye Mama" the other day. That was the first combo words. She has added "pra pra" for pretty, "gosh", "Jesus", "peese", "more" (this is the word along with the sign), book, out, and da for dance. She's a keeper.

Comments

Glenda said…
How did we ever get along without her?
Anonymous said…
Wow she says a lot! She looks and acts like she is just one of kids!! Who could have imagined them like this last March??
grandma GiGI said…
We're ending our day once more with a glance at the blog. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family.
hooli said…
she says jesus? now that is one for the memory books.
Tina said…
Sophie always lets us know when she poops too! She might be ready but I dont know if I am!! lol.

Your kids look so sharp in their school uniforms. Much better than my kids "uniforms" hee hee.

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