Today's New Words

I'm going to start a series of posts , starting with this one, that list new words that I hear the twins say for the first time. Today, there are two:
Garbage
Stay

Toddler Talk

Okay, so Sarah really encouraged me to post this, so you'll need to thank her. The twins are starting to make sentences. I think they max out at three words, but it's very exciting!

Last Monday, something miraculous happened. Ella and Emily were sitting on the couch next to Sarah. I was in my favorite chair. The twins were drawing in their little notepads. Ella asked Sarah to draw in her notepad by saying "Mama" and pointing to her pad. Then Emily started drawing in Ella's notepad, too, but then stopped. Next thing we heard was Ella asking Emily to ,"Draw here please" or "Emily, draw please" and then she would tap the page in her notepad.

Yesterday, Ella and Emily were rocking in my blue Lay-Z-Boy recliner. Emily got up and went around to the back of the recliner to play. Next thing Sarah heard was Ella patting the empty spot on the chair next to her and saying, "Emily, sit please." Oh, I was so bummed I missed it, but it was wonderful to hear Sarah describe it.

Emily is close behind her, too. We think she almost put three words together today, so it should happen any day now.

Counting

This morning Sarah and the twins were in the front room watching some birds outside. Sarah asked Ella how many birds there were, and she said, "One. Two..." Sarah leaped for joy since this is the first time they've counted like that. She carried both girls in here and asked them to count. With a little encouragement, they counted to two. Not to three, yet.

These are a couple from last week that Sarah took and I thought they were cute. Something besides the park pictures from the last two weekends. The girls love their little table and chairs that Roberta gave us.


Emily
















Ella

Another Saturday at the Park

As you may have noticed, we've been going to the park a lot lately. Last weekend, Sarah needed some time to study, so I took the twins to the park. Same thing this weekend. These pictures are from Saturday, the 16th. My mom, Sharon, met us and helped me watch the girls while they played. They have met many new "friends" at the park, and we've now been four times and seen some other children more than once. Besides having fun playing, you can tell they had fun eating their sandwiches.

Sunday at the Park

Saturday at the Park

This weekend

Sarah got the tricycles out and the girls had fun playing around the house.

Also, I know I've said this over and over, but it is amazing how quickly the twins are picking up new words. Today they said Ernie (from Sesamie Street), allowed as in "whining is not allowed," and at least one or two other words we've never heard them say before. It seems like every couple days, they're saying new words. Awesome!