Boo

Vera looks a little like Boo from Monsters Inc. She even likes to sneak up on me and say "Boo!"

Loving her Brother

Vera loves Griffin.  She has started calling him guh-guh,  which is awesome because its the G sound and it means older brother in Chinese.

The easiest way to see how much she loves him is by watching what happens when he goes to time out.  If she's in the room, she gets a worried look on her face and walks over to the stairs, giving him a hug if the gate isn't in the way.  And if we're all in the kitchen, she gets the same concerned look on her face as if to say "where is my Guh-Guh?"  Its adorable.

"Hi!"

Vera says hi now.  It was particularly cute last night when she came into Griffin's room while he and I were reading books.  Just inside the doorway "hi!" She walked right up to the bed and plopped comfortably between Griffin and I for the exciting conclusion of Where the Wild Things Are.

Cutest Timeout Ever

Vera got 2 timeouts during dinner tonight for throwing food on the floor. Every time she goes into timeout, I have to turn away and laugh (tom too). It feels totally ridiculous trying to discipline our sweet girl.

Sibling Cuteness

I'm glad these 2 get along so well.

Pic with Mom

From earlier tonight...

Storytime with "day dah"

"Healthy Foods"

This was an art project called "healthy foods" that Vera made at school.  Her teacher Jackie said she really enjoyed the gluing.  Apparently there was a bunch of pictures of foods for the babies to choose from and glue onto a plate. I don't think Vera managed to pick out a single healthy food. D- (but A+ for effort) Perhaps I should rethink the foods i feed my kids.. maybe that m&m I gave her the other day wasn't the best choice.  :-)

Vera Speaks

Sign language - she’s been doing these for a while and is pretty proficient.

·         More

·         Please  (she’ll now say this even when prompted with “what do you say Vera?”)

·         Thank you

·         All done

·         I

·         Love

·         You

·         I just pooped.  (Not official sign language, but she will stand a bit further away, poop with a funny face, and then walk back to Vicki or I and point to her diaper.)

Original verbal Vocabulary – as of about a month ago:

·         Mama

·         Dada

·         Uh oh

·         Baba (bottle)

·         Dat (cat)

·         Chssss   (this means cheese – it is said with urgency as lil’ V loves cheese. Especially Cabot Extra Sharp Cheddar.)

·         This.  (usually indicates “I want this”, often said after breaking into the snack cabinet and walking over to us with a giant box or bag of some salty snack).

New additions we’re hearing in the past few days/weeks:

·         Pasta

·         Fire Truck.  (It was a little garbled, but she clearly said it in response to seeing the picture in the  book “baby things that go”.)

·         I love you.  (mostly mumbled, but the intonation is perfect and its obvious that’s what she’s saying)