It finally happened, and very quickly after the “double” talk, A made a distinction between English and Estonian on Monday, Nov. 3rd! A and I were in the kitchen talking about her stuffed “karu” (bear) for about 10 minutes. The little pink stuffy was her friend of the moment and she kept showing it to [...]
Today for the first time I noticed my youngest, A, at 20 months old, speaking in doubles. By this, I mean she is grasping that there are two words for everything. One in English and one in Estonian. K did the same thing when she started speaking! Today A was climbing on a pillow and [...]
Yesterday on the way home from school, K points out a little girl Gloria walking home from school with her uncle and tells me, “Gloria doesn’t know what words are.” It took me a couple seconds before I understood what she was telling me. K was telling me that Gloria doesn’t speak English very well [...]
For the past 8 days the girls, Daddy and I visited my parents. This involved 6 hours on an airplane each way. The good news is that we had the best flights ever. The girls were great and for the most part, the travels were painless and not unpleasant. A is picking up new words [...]
