Sometimes I hear Nina say things, and I think: wow, I sure didn't know that word until I was an adult (and no, I'm not teaching my child any of those kind of words, if you were wondering). Or in some cases, at least quite a bit older than 23 months. For example:
1. We were walking to the pub
2. and on the way, there were some iron gates, behind which there were tightly linked fence-type things made of thin strips of something like bamboo, just like a sushi mat, which Nina pointed out with great interest. Yep. We have a toddler who knows what a sushi mat looks like, though not, admittedly, what it's for. My sushi-making days have hit a little hiatus.
3. In the morning Nina helps her papa make a cappuccino for me (a chuni!), and at the appropriate time, she announces: Nina tamp! Papa tamp! Nina's turn, papa turn. See Mummy coffee there! So yes, we have a todder who can tamp herself a shot a of espresso, though she doesn't drink it.
4. And on a related note: coffee beans, coffee ground... cappuccino, for that matter.
4. Marmite. Enough said.
5. Banjzos, otherwise known as garbanzos or chick peas
6. Rotate (maybe I knew that one, but I'd be a little surprised)
7. A large class of food items that just weren't probably on the toddler scene in Canada in 19xx-whenever-I-was-a-toddler, ie a very long time ago, like hummous, pesto, maybe even cherry tomatoes, olives, definitely edamame (a big favourite), pistachios ... naan, chai
There are more, I'm sure. I certainly didn't entertain myself at 2 by asking Mummy to look for another plane taking off on youtube. The current favourite is this cool little one here:
And I have to admit that it is pretty cool to see a functioning plane being unloaded off the back of an SUV.
As far as language goes, we're firmly in the territory of full sentences, a large proportion of which have the following format:
"Not Joejoe's drink, not Evie's drink, not Lyla's drink, not Mummy's drink, that's Nina's drink!" "Not Papa sock, not Mummy sock, not Joejoe sock, not Cami sock, not Papa sock, not Eva sock, that's Nina sock!"
Or, hiding under a towel or behind a very small sock, "Where Nina?"
(moving sock slightly) "There's Nina!"
One more funny little thing. Yesterday we went to the pub to see some friends, including our friend Ed, and have a celebratory drink. Nina was so good, and played with her toys, talked to everyone, and ate her treats and snacks. As we left: "bye bye, Head!". Like I said, sometimes it's just not quite there yet.
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the sensde of humour thing is awesome, eh? a few months back kaia played her first trick on me... i was loading her up in the stroller after a sojourne in a cafe, and she grabbed her water bottle and pushed it down under the blanket without me noticing. then she said "get my waterbottle, please" and then started laughing manically when i started looking everywhere for it...
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