Q&A with Rory

Dad: So, Rory, what does mommy do at work all day?

Rory: Ummmm. She has lunch.

Dad: Uh huh, anything else?

Rory: Then she has a rest.

Rory reads!

Today, Colleen and Rory went to the Library to get some new books to read to Rory. She loves the book Hand, Hand Fingers Thumb. Some of the words she can say now are from that book.

So, Colleen got "Hop on Pop", one of the Dr. Suess books and brought it home, along with lots of others, especially ones that are about ducks (favorite animal, apparently)

Well, Rory usually looks through a stack of new books and picks one for us to read to her. She picked out Hop on Pop, and she sat on her bum by herself and started turning the pages and basically, with a few small errors, was reading the book to herself.

We are charging up the video camera so we can capture it, since it is so cute!

Rory Word Watch

Rory's Vocabulary (with translation when necessary):

Added March 28
ooops, got a bit behind...she's picking up speed.

Rory
breadah (bread)
har (hair)
hahnd (hand)
nozh (nose)
eye
brush
dish is it (this...)
dish (this)
turn off
aaaaah (mouth)
bird
dog
key
crackerz
one
bed
in
on

Added March 22

wahder (water)
hole
doh? (go?)
yummy, yummy, yummy
hop
pop
boom
vye (fly--the insect)
jish (this)
mihhl-k (milk)
we-t (wet)
moneee (money)
chair

Added March 17

iish (ice)
nettts (nest)
nahn-nya (lasagna)
aaa (glass)
aaa (straw)
bap! (piggy back)
bee (bee and beed)
doh (door)

Two word together
"no+more"

Added March 8 evening...
Juush (juice)

March 8
Mama/Maam-mee
Dada/Daad-eee
More
Hi
Bye-eee (bye)
Nana (banana)
Up! Up!
No
Ya/Yesh
Yuckkkk
Duckkkk
Baaah (what does the sheep say)
Moooh (what does the cow say)
Shhhhs (what does the snake say)
Shhhhs (shoes)
Eatsh (eat)
Uhh Ohh (when ever something drops to the floor)
Niembe, neimbe, neimbe (said when climbing stairs. Apparently she is counting)
Ball/Bowl (sounds similar)
Ek (egg)

Rory Update #27

I was gone a month. You notice things when you get home. My noticing was Rory's golden fleece of hair was vigorously growing! She also was wearing a barret. She is looking more female, rather than amorphous.

Now, the interesting thing about the hair is that it is completely wild, and long and untamed. At every single moment she is having a fairly bad hair day. So, I aked Colleen, "when do we give her a cut and style?" Colleen replied, "Cut it!, No way, it is beautiful, never."

Rory Update #26

You never know what you will get with a babysitter. Today, a good friend took Rory out for a picnic in the park. It went really well. She ate some bread, tossed out the tofu and generally enjoyed watching the dogs and singing a few songs.

But Colleen and I were amazed to see that Rory's undergarments (which usually is either a disposable diaper or a cloth diaper wrapped in a cover) was instead a disposable diaper, wrapped in a cover. Tee hee. I guess we have to give better training.

Rory Update #25

Walking. Sort of. Lurching is a better way to describe it. While she took her first (but probably not intended) steps a month ago, this last week she started lurching and careening 2-4 steps.

At the park she began walking backwards (I offered supportive fingers to keep her upright), and she is practicing climbing the kiddie slide. I haven't the heart to tell her that those are not core skills.

Mom's first day at work.

Hi Mom.

Daddy and I are watching TV and drinkin soda.

rory