Madeleine insisted on wearing Julia's new sandals around the house today, despite the fact that they're a good two times too large for her feet. Consequently, she had a little trouble walking, but that didn't deter her from trying:
When she's not clomping around clumsily in two-sizes-too-big sandals, Madeleine has been adding even more words to her vocabulary. Today she started saying "Anja," who is the daughter of my friend Neva. She also began saying "car," although it sounds an awful lot like "cow" so sometimes I can't tell which she's trying to say. Furthermore, the following new words have recently entered her vocabulary: "rain," "school," "nap," and "hands." And perhaps most exciting of all is that a few days ago she had a nearly successful attempt at saying the name of our baby-sitter:
ME: Madeleine, can you say Tamara?
MADELEINE: (thoughtful for a moment) Tamar.
ME: GOOD GIRL!!! GOOD JOB!!
Unfortunately, the positive reinforcement had no effect, because she has inexplicably changed from "Tamar" to "Snow-no." As in:
ME: Madeleine, can you say Tamara?
MADELEINE: Snow-no.
ME: Can you say TAMARA?
MADELEINE: Snow-no.
ME: But can you say TAMARA?
MADELEINE: Uh-oh. Snow-no. Snow-no.
Who knows.
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