It’s really cool to see Mark growing up and learning about the world. We are learning a lot from him!
This is the conversation we had on the way to the park today:
“Oh Mark, we should cut your nails.”
“Yeah, Mama. We really need to. They are groby.”
I was surprised he knew the word “grody.” That’s a pretty advanced word. “Oh! Yes, they are a little grody,” I said, emphasizing the “d” sound to help him learn the right way to pronounce it.
Mark gave me the side eye at this point. “Mama, do you know what groby means?” Enunciately really slowly for me he said, “GROW-by means your nails are growing so so fast. You need to cut them.”
Ah got it! I didn’t correct him because that is just too cute of a misunderstanding.
Then, once we got to the park Mark told me he wanted to throw things in the river. I said, “Great! Let’s find some acorns.”
He said, “Mama. This is a pine tree. We can only find pine cones. Acorns grow on oak trees you know.”
And the big thing that happened this week is they have caterpillars at school. They are watching them work on turning into butterflies. Mark has been coming home and telling us all about the chrysalises. Tom said to me, “Why do they keep saying chrysalis instead of cocoons? What’s the difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon?”
Well you know what?! Turns out caterpillars don’t make cocoons. That hungry caterpillar book lied to us. What a revelation! But maybe you all knew that already.
In Vivi news she is really getting good at pulling up to standing! She can sign, “all done” (sort of) and she had her nine month appointment. She is in the 85th %ile for height and weight. Crazy! We also think we have heard her say, “bamba!” And the other day I swear she said, “Mama, Nai Nai!” which means, “Mom! Milk!”
I think that counts as a sentence if we are being really generous. She is also starting to want to balance on her own (video below).
Dave is saying where are the photos! Getting to them! Ha!
