Here are a few of our favorite things you do and say as of lately:
- "Ooohhhh heavy!" While picking up things that are far to big for you to carry! You love describing things, and have a very large vocabulary to do just that.
- The weather is something you are always commenting on saying such things as, "YEAH sunshine!" "Oh no, raining." "Much winny!"(wind) "No sun! (when it's in your eyes!)" "Hot day Maman"
- You absolutely love animals of every kind, no matter how big they might be! Our favorite horse at the ranch, Treasure, is the biggest horse around, and you go right up to him kissing his nose, hugging him tight, and putting your hand up to gently stroke his face despite the fact that he nipped your finger drawing a small spot of blood and attempted to eat your ponytail when it was eating time at the farm. Your love for animals (big ones in particular) terrifies your Papa, but I love watching you talk with them and gently caress them with your little hands.
- You have been extremely sweet lately always hugging us tight, climbing up on the couch while asking me, "Nuggle Mama?" I, of course, melt every time and have probably allowed far to much computer time lately in order to take full advantage of our snuggle sessions! "I la lou, Mama/Papa/Mawcel/Horsie" is something you say without prompting these days, and it stops us in our tracks every time.
- You taught yourself how to somersault, and are so proud of yourself every time. You are still working on perfecting it, but it is so fun to watch you try and try again. You LOVE jumping, and have started your own version of skipping that is hilarious to witness. You are extremely active, and we often wonder where you get so much energy to keep moving at the speed you like to go.
- "Oh no, boys!" "Ok boys" "Hey boys!" You are very interested in boys, and I can already see you giving your Papa many more gray hairs for this reason!
- You love making Marcel laugh, and when you are successful (which is always!) you happily shout, "Mama Mawcel smile. Laughing Mama! Oh, funny!" When you see him you quickly say, "Oh hey Mawcel. Pick a boo!" It is our favorite thing watching the bond between the two of you grow with each passing day. This morning you were playing with him on the floor when I heard you saying, "Bonjour Mawcel! Coucou" and when he reached a toy he was working hard to get you exclaimed while clapping, "Bravo Mawcel!"
- We are working very hard on teaching you kindness and obedience, and for the most part you take well to the discipline involved in molding and shaping you. You are very sensitive to discipline, and when done in a gentle way you seem to understand and respond positively. If you overhear another boy or girl being scolded by their parents you quickly look at me and say while pointing towards the little one, "Mama, obey?! OBEY!" When you disobey and we are talking it out with you, you are quick to tell us how you disobeyed and what you did, often repeating it and bring it up all throughout the day.
- You speak your emotions a lot lately always telling us, "Zaylee happy!" "Zaylee cared (scared)" "Zaylee cited (excited)" "Zaylee hunry/tirsty" "Zaylee tired" "Zaylee sad." You are extremely expressive and have the most animated hand gestures and facial expressions. Drama is also something you shine in, and Papa worries for your teenage years already. When we know you are fake crying we give you a silly look and you respond saying, "Oh Zaylee faker!" as you quickly change from a cry to a laugh.
- Lately, we have been amazed by the amount of French you are picking up. Every day you surprise us with a new word we weren't aware you knew how to say, and when we ready your French word books at night you can point to every picture when asked in French where they are. It is amazing that you can decipher the two languages and always answer when asked how you say something in French. Your newest additions to your vocab that we didn't necessarily teach you, but have heard you use the last week or so are, "comme ca" "viens" "tiens" "voila" "doudou" "escargot" "gentille Mama!" and other little phrases that are escaping my mind at the moment. You use them all correctly and it is the sweetest thing to hear from your little mouth, American accent and all :)
- Your sense of direction is truly impressive and you often tell us which way to turn in the car if we take a different route then normal, "No Papa, dis way!" When we get close to home you automatically start yelling, "Yeah, back home!!" You know when we reach the city, are on the street for the doctor, are by the grocery store, and are always paying attention to every detail.
- The scrapes on your arms and legs continue to multiply as the days get warmer, and although you cry for a quick minute when it is a good fall you quickly exclaim, "Bobo better Maman!" and refuse to let us put a band-aid on it no matter the amount of blood. When we ask you who made your bobo better you reply, "Jesus make it better!"
- Numbers and letters are still things you love reciting all throughout the day counting, "one, two, six, seven, eight, tine" and singing along with me to the ABC's filling in when I leave a letter out. You know Z is your letter and say, "Z Zaylee and Zebra!" And when we ask you how old you are you proudly yell, "Two years. Marcel 6 months!" You love pointing out shapes and colors.
- If we go somewhere with a lot of people, you announce, "Oh no Mama, MUCH peoples!" Your mouth takes on the most adorable form with words like much, church and yes, and I am often trying to get you to say them just to watch you when you speak.
- You always have your doll tucked under your arm or in her stroller, and are never without a bag on your shoulder. You still love using anything and everything as your phone always telling the person on the other "line" that you love them and miss them. The newest phone craze for you is "taking" pictures of things while saying, cheese!
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