"Hi, hi. Hi, hi. Ah-tchu. Ah-tchu. Wow. Wooooow. Wow. Wow! WOW!"
Sweet dreams, silly.
More words that we remembered as we walked with the babes through the Galleria today:
Up -- Carmen sometimes says, "puh," rather than "up"
Down -- said with emphasis, more often by Carmen than David, and she actually got the "n" sound in there tonight. Good trick. (We rode the glass elevators tonight, and Carmen liked announcing when we were going up or down. Last week she could only say down, which is inconvenient for an elevator.)
Squirrel -- "skwll," but this one's tricky! I'm impressed that they would even try it.
Spoon -- "sp" by David or "spnnnn" by Carmen, this one's tricky without the ASL sign
Fork -- "fowk," another tricky word that only Carmen attempts
Bathtub -- "battub," another Carmen word
Baby -- "Bay-bee"
Light -- "light," but this is a Carmen-only word
Ducks -- ducks (did I write down this one already?). Carmen says and signs "duck" whenever she sees a fountain, because there are fountains in the artificial ponds where she has seen ducks. So that means if she sees a sprinkler, she says, "DUCK! DUCK!" Today, she saw a broken water main on W. Alabama. Well, technically she saw a broken water main. But really, she saw a small gurgling fountain conveniently placed in the middle of the street. Duck, duck!
Pretty -- "Pet-tee," a Carmen word that she uses most when she puts on one of their Mardis Gras-style beaded necklaces
Boo -- like "peekaboo," but it sounds like "bew!"
Ah-choo! -- This first was "aaahhhh-too!" but both C&D have nearly perfected the art of the imitated sneeze. Not sure where they learned it, but they think sneezes (and burps, but those are harder to imitate) are ridiculously funny. So sometimes they sneeze, and I sneeze back. Or I say, "Bless you!" and look surprised, and they sneeze again. Silly, silly, silly little people.
And they can say "wow," of course. Wow!
Hurray for ASL. I'd have a hard time interpreting any of these words if they weren't accompanied by the sign. Especially words like "squirrel." Who'da thunk it?
More before-bed antics tonight. David has gotten good at getting into a small Ikea basket without tipping it over; I think his legs are just long enough, now, that he can step into it comfortably. Tonight after a before-bed snack (more yogurt, but thankfully, less mess than last night), David crawled into the basket. Matt wanted to floss (which Carmen likes to imitate, incidentally, any time she finds a piece of string) and have a whole three minutes to himself, so he urged Carmen to go push David in the basket. Bedtime was much later than usual tonight. Can you guess why?
(Carmen is clapping because she is frustrated that David is all done. She learned to clap when she is angry because I clap loudly when I want to distract the babes from fighting. It's funny, and I'd much rather her clap than hit or bite.)
Sometimes Carmen just looks for trouble. While we were eating at the Galleria, David decided he was finished and bored and started throwing out his food. I held his hand while I scooped out his bowl and he put his teeth over my arm, contemplating a bite. Just as he was about the clamp down, I said "ow!" and pulled my arm back. Carmen, I guess, wanted some of the attention for herself, and stuck her arm in David's mouth, hoping he would bite it. "Ow!" she said with feeling. In thirty years will she have a role in any class-action lawsuits?
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