She's really cuter than this, you know. But I'm her Joan-ma, so what else would you expect me to say? And its verbal skills are skyrocketing exponentially....
( Viola Kenshin (she's almost two and a half now!) )
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So,
cyrianne sent my granddaughter books for her birthday and Christmas--about eight of Antoon Krings' wonderful children's stories in French. She has a few of them she seems to prefer--she loves Valérie la Chauve-souris, but shuns, literally shuns, Margot L'Escargot. Go figure.
I read them to her in French, sort of, as she turns the pages really quickly, but I know she's at least understood the title character's names.
BUT TONIGHT SHE SAID HER VERY FIRST WORD IN FRENCH!!!!
I was reading her one of her favorites, Pat le Mille-Pattes, in which a recurrent character, Huguette la Guêpe (a wasp), puts in an appearance. I paused, and Vivi pointed and said, 'La guêpe!'
All right, so I knew she'd say something sooner or later, she's TWO, but this isn't the cute little word I'd've imagined. But it's a start. She already understands simple commands and isolated words...and now can say (rolls eyes) 'wasp.'
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amand_r just posted these recent pictures of the Chinglet. She's 22 months now, and getting a definite 'tude. Her most recently added word is 'Elmo'! But I'm doing my joan-ma duty--when I ask her to show me Harry and Uncle Severus, she points to the appropriate refrig magnets.
Viola pics
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There are four of them, so they're under the cut. Viola's Chinese side of the family sent her the pretty clothes.
( Picspam )
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It's been a while since I've posted Viola Kenshin pictures. She's growing fast. Last night we heard a noise in the kitchen, and she'd pushed a kitchen chair over to the sink, got up on it and was playing with silverware. She's pretty tiny for her age, at 17 months.
( Viola Kenshin )
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