200 Words and Analysis

Early in the month of October, Chili hit her 200 word mark. She is picking up new words everyday and loves to copy things she hears even if she doesn't know what they mean. She is enjoying being able to communicate, and we get such a kick out of hearing what she is thinking. The linguist in me of course had to do a brief analysis of her language aquisition. She has more than 104 words in Spanish and more than 42 words in English. She has more words (about 16) referring to animals and noises, and more than 22 referring to people she knows or characters (in books or on TV). She is now starting to put words together to show who it belongs to (like "mami gorro" for "mom's hat"). She also has a couple phrases she can use like, "How are you?" (not that she knows what that means, but she hears people say it all the time), "love you," and "alli esta" (it's over there). She really surprised me the other day when she said, "woo, woo alli esta" to tell me that there was a dog over there. My personal favorite is lately when she is asking for something and I tell her not right now, or maybe later, she responds, "mañana." I don't know if she really understands the concept of tomorrow, but she at least is okay with the fact that she's not getting it now. It makes me chuckle every time.

Now that I have written this blog post, it is really bothering me that I don't have my tildes on any of my Spanish words. Does anyone know how to do this when you use a IBM laptop and are writing using Blogger?

Making Birthday Cake

Chili helped make her own birthday cake this year. Some good, not-so-clean birthday fun!

She had fun, and got to put that apron I made her to good use.

I can't believe my baby is 2!

Curtains!

I finally have real curtains up. I made the curtains for the family room and the bedroom with the help of my sister-in-law E. She found some store bought curtains that she split in two lengthwise, hemmed, and added loops in order to have matching curtains for the two kitchen windows. Thanks to E's help, my niece and nephews keeping my daughter occupied, and my sewing, my house now has curtains! And here they are:

Bedroom curtains, need to finish the other panel, but this works for now.
Kitchen curtains

Family room

Tie-dye and Polka dots

Some Big Shoes to Fill

Yes Chili, these are some big shoes to fill. Here you are playing around in his shoes, and it just makes me think of that saying. Your Uncle J is a pretty cool person, and I would be proud to see you grow up to be like him. But not just him, you are blessed with two mighty fine uncles setting great examples for you! Here's to my two great brothers!

Questions

Do you think I have enough squash? Why do you think I needed a bigger bed? Just how far in will she go?

Doesn't she look adorable?

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies

1 c butter, softened

2 c sugar

2 eggs, beaten

4 c whole wheat flour

2 t baking soda

1 t salt

2 c grated zucchini

2 c chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven 325

2. Cream butter and sugar

3. Add egg, flour, baking soda, and salt

4. Stir in zucchini and chocolate chips

5. Drop onto baking stone, or greased cookie sheet

6. Cook for about 15 minutes

We love them fresh from the oven or straight out of the freezer!