"Tick-tock, tick-tock," starts Abigail and then we finish with "I'm a little coo-coo clock, tick-tock, tick-tock, now I'm striking one o'clock!" It's a song she learned in swim class and jumps into the water when the clock strikes whatever o'clock. But even when she's landside, she still likes the song. Though, "Taxi" is still a huge favorite.
Aba and yes, even Abbi, are names Abigail has referred to herself as. Aba is fine we suppose but she still very much is not an Abbi in our eyes. Occasionally we are now Poppy and Mommy, though Papa and Mama are still used quite frequently. She has so many new words but "No," is definitely a favorite, "more" is a close second. But "happy!" has been coming into play, just in time for Thanksgiving! "Push," "pull," "stroller," "leaves," and "touch," which she uses when she wants to touch just about everything she comes into contact with (including the ceiling when she says how "tall" she is!). She knows a lot of her body parts: "tooshie," "cheeks," "chin," "toes," "two," (the answer to the question: how many hands do you have?). She's starting to recognize when she "poops" and "pees." So much so that we're reading up on potty training and already have a little toilet she likes to sit on. Woo-hoo! She says, "bow," when she wants her hair out of her face or she wants to have clip bow placed on her "nose," "toes," or "finger." She loves to stir a cup and say "tea!" And when her food is too hot, she blows it cool.
She loves so many books now, Bear Snores On, being a fave right now. A bear (a word she says too) hibernates while friends have a snuggly, warm party. "Cuddled in a heap, with his eyes shut tight..." and Abigail closes her eyes tight! While she still loves to be read to, she's very content to sit by her bookshelf and read.
She loves knocking on her tray or on doors and saying "door," or even "open" when she's had enough of something and she's ready to go. (very subtle)
She says "A," "O," "D," and "J" and likes when we write it with the jumbo crayons she likes to draw with.
She says "cheese stick" and has a special dance for it. She still loves to dance any chance she gets. "Dance" and "music" being some other high frequency words. Cars blaring their music--dance on the street. Music at the playground--bounce (another word she can say) up and down. She's constantly on the move, still rearranging furniture and now being able to say, "chair."
Any time we pass a subway station she says, "down." She loves taking the train too, she applauds when one glides into a station. She knows and says that Mama goes "down" to go to work. Even refers to it when she reads Pigeon Loves Things that Go, there's a train page and she says "Down. Mama."
Need a "tissue?" She's got you covered.
She's starting to get a hang of the idea that when she points to herself she says "me" instead of "you," a very tricky concept.
If she's a picture of a caterpillar anywhere she immediately says "pop!" in reference The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
And Papa's face is "scratchy," in case you were wondering. She got that word from Pat the Bunny.
She's met mama's pals Cuddles and Sweet Patch (attempting to say both names). And she named her baby giraffe LuLu and the big giraffe is LuLu's "Mama!"
She loves looking up to see a "cloud," perhaps a "plane," a twinkling "star" and the "moon."
Some seasonal words: "witch," "pumpkin," and "turkey." We have no doubt the word latkes will be on their way shortly.
Oooh and "challah!" is not only fun to eat but fun to say as well!
We are constantly amazed by her and how fast she's growing. We don't have a baby anymore.
