Oct 10: D is for... Everything

Arley is doing great. Her vocabulary is up to 6 words regularly.... maybe not words in the Queen's English, but words two Cognitive Psychologist parents can pick out: Mama, Daddy, doggy/diggy (doggy), dat (that), duck (rubber duck), and durrel (squirrel - her favorite thing to watch run around our yard; the letters 'sqr' are about the hardest 3 letter to pronouce to start a word for children, so she just uses the d sound) . She has said boo-boo clear as day after she pointed to a mark and Laura said boo-boo, but she hasn't said it again since.

She loves pointing, and still totally loves books.... clearly something she gets from her mom, because I didn't know books were good for anything other than jumps for hot wheels until I was in grad school. I've never seen a screaming child be calmed so quickly by opening a book... but it works for her... and she loves to point at the different characters.

So since I started drafting this blog last week, Arley has added to her one-use vocabularly--- words she's said perfectly, but only used once include:
Mom (a new variation on Mama)
Dad (a new variation on daddy)

Hoodies are in--- I just learned a hoodie is hooded sweat shirt... but they're in I hear--- and Scarlett like them:

Here's a great picture of Arley and dad... her shirt from Grandma is very fitting --- in case you can't read it, it says "little terror":







And here, she and her cousin Max play with robot friend: