The Baker Family: Kiddo Update

Well, we really haven't been up to much lately. Abby is on week 2 of swim lessons which are going really well! I'm just glad that she looks forward to swim class each day. It's only 30 minutes long a day but boy does it wear out our little lazy, I mean, intellectual daughter. ;P Abby's still going to Gymboree Summer Skills classes twice a week and I'm so glad that she still loves it. Most of her teachers are the same ones from when she started at 16 months so it's like a little family there. She is also VERY anxious to start school in 3 weeks. She's a bit apprehensive about being in a new class and having new teachers but it's a good apprehension and not a scared one.

Lilly is really talking up a storm now! It's easier just to make a list of her vocabulary in no particular order.

Wassah? (What's that? - she says this about 50 times a day.)
Wa Wa (water)
Du chi (belly button in Chinese)
Panda
Bubbles
Dui bu dui (Right? in Chinese)
Bao Bao (bread in Chinese)
Cheese
I knoo (I know)
Minnie Moo (Minnie Mouse)
Good Night Moo(n)
Night Night!
Off (working on saying "ON")
Gou gou (dog in Chinese)
Nai Nai (milk in Chinese)
She says "woof woof" at almost any animal. But she knows a cow moos and birds cheep cheep.
If you ask her where her yien jing, bi zhe, zuei ba, tou fa, er duo, mei mao are, she knows to point at her eye, nose, mouth, hair, ear and eye brows.
We say 'bu che sou' all day (don't suck your thumb) and she's VERY aware of what that means.
And most impressively, she say "pee pee" after she pees in her diaper and "poo poo" after she poops in her diaper!! How cool is that?

Lilly continues to have a temper. When she's mad at Abby, she pulls her hair and bites her. Anywhere. We're still "training" Abby that Lilly's just a baby and doesn't understand taking turns, sharing, etc. We've come a long way and I'm proud of both of them. And I'm also fully aware that we've got many obstacles ahead of us! These pictures are random so here we go: