It’s so nice now that June can communicate more; there are fewer tears and a lot more fun. Here’s what little June is saying:
In Sign Language:
- Milk (very popular)
- Night-Night (or Sleepy)
- Waving hi and bye
- More
- Food
- Thank You (which looks like she’s blowing a kiss, SO adorable.)
- All Done (which also serves as “get me out of here”)
And she’s also got a few words in English now, too! Here they are:
- Dada (this was her first, she’s been saying that well for about a month)
- Mama
- Baby (she loves her baby dolls, and requests a “beh-beh” at every opportunity)
- She’s said wa-wa (water) a time or two
And also, she’s picked up a few words in … uh … animal. These are the most fun. I’ll try to get some video of this:
- Hey June, what does a monkey say? “Ah-ah-ah!”
- Hey June, what does a goat say? “Eh-eh-eh-eh-eh!”
There are a few more animals noises she will repeat if I tell them to her, but these are the only two she knows from memory.
In other news, we are enjoying a Christmas tree already and I put the lights up outside. We got a little blow-up teddy bear for out front that Eleanor loves. And, we are navigating the tricky territory of encouraging Eleanor’s faith in Santa while avoiding out-right deception. She’s suspicious and has informed me that Santa is “silly” but I’m not giving up quite yet. She’s three for crying out loud, and I thought I’d get a couple more years of good-behavior-motivation and over-exuberant-Christmas-anticipation out of this.
