Monday, September 19, 2011

Three Word Sentences - We've Got 'Em!


Emmy’s first three word sentence happened sometime before her last check-up, so we’ll estimate it at around July.  That one might have been mama hoping, so it wasn’t paid much heed.  (That first one was “Where Elmo go?” in response to me turning off the Sesame Street video.)

This past weekend, however, we got a new three-word-sentence and there was no chance of misinterpretation. “Where are you?” (Repeated endlessly when Grandma Susan went to the bathroom, until Grandma came back.)

She also has learned to call the cat.  “Ily, where are you?” (The cat’s name is Lily, but she has trouble with the two lls).  Imagine all of that in an adorable little sing-song.  “ILY, where ARE you?”

I am particularly impressed by her use of the pronoun: you, although I have no idea if it is developmentally appropriate (it takes a while for children to understand pronouns, which is why they always say things like Emmy goes to school or Emmy wants a cracker, instead of saying I go, or I want.) I am, however, almost too busy to post a blog, so I am definitely too busy to look up whether or not Emmy is ahead of schedule with appropriate use of you as pronoun...

She also officially said “Thank you,” this weekend.  Previously, it has been “’Kyou.”

And, she helped me roll out my pie crust, standing on a chair and helping mama push the rolling pin.  It was magic!  I am looking forward to lots more helping mama cook moments.

There's lots more to say, and I keep stopping myself from posting because I fear the posts aren't long enough or newsy enough, but I figure some news is better than no news. 

Hugs and kisses from the Watsons!