Max's Vocabulary at 18 Months

September, 2013

We all love listening to Max learn new words every day. Elodie has the distinction of Max learning her name first among the kids, and he still says it most often. (Like when he looks out the window and sees Xander and Elodie walking up the driveway after school, he shouts, Ehhhdeeee!!!) She feels pretty special.

Ehhhdee-Elodie

Dando-Xander

Heydo-Hazel

Mom/Mommy/Mama

Daddy

No!

Yessss

Nana-banana

Appol-apple

Tato-cracker

Ahgul-water 

Moa-more

Pees-please

Taintyou-thank you

Yuhyou-love you

Plillo-pillow

Dun-gun ( he also does a sound effect like "tchyou-thchyou" when he picks up a Nerf gun, what a Dahle boy)

Caw-car

Bah-ball

Veevee-movie

Oh no!

Uh-oh!

Whoa!

Weee!

Yay!

Dong (what you say when you're bonking something)

I do!

Me

Poopy

Bum

Shoe

Off (I want to play with the light switch)

Moo-moose

Berrr- bear

Ammo-animal

No-snow

Eye

Eeoh-ear

No-nose

Nothing sweeter than listening to a toddler learning to talk! I love how it's a little window into what matters to him.

Snow way!

September 18, 2013

There's no way I'm letting winter start already. (It's not even technically the first day of autumn yet!!) We've had such a beautiful, relatively long and warm fall so far--a full month of fall-like colors and  temperatures. A lot of the trees still have green leaves mixed in with the gold. It has been gorgeous! I am simply not ready to let it go. Yesterday it tried to snow, mixed with sleet and drizzle. Ultimately, the drizzly rain won out and nothing stuck. I considered it a definite victory for fall. Last night, it tried to snow again. It succeeded in getting a light dusting on the deck and the grass by morning. But that has melted already which I find encouraging. It is still trying, however, with flurries fluttering around but managing to disappear when they hit the ground. I am not willing to admit defeat and consider this the first REAL snow of the season. Thus far, I say it's only an attempt. So ha!

Last night it tried again, and this time succeeded in dusting the trees, too, and it hasn't melted yet, at 11am!! But water is still dripping off of the roof so I am hopeful that this won't stick around all day!