Monday, April 25, 2011

Scarlett's Language Explosion

So funny little Scarlett is having a language explosion while we are on our trip. Before we left, she would pair 2 words together, but it sounded more like 2 words that happened to be said next to each other instead of a little 2 word phrase. For instance, "Hi. (slight pause) Mommy." Now it's definitely a little phrase! In the mornings she pops up out of her crib and whispers, "Hi Day (for Audrey) Hi Daddy. Hi Mommy." We have also heard "Chase birdie now, pleeaassee." And "Pool! Simming! YAY!!!" And "more, more noo-nos (noodles) pleeaassee." She is also giving it a go at Thai. For 'thank you' she says "Kap Kap Kaaaa" (it should sound like kob kuhn kah-aa) and for hello she is saying "Sa mommy kaaa" (it should be more like sa wah dee kah-aa) Too cute! And yesterday she was walking around saying "Ni hao" (which is hello in Chinese) and we asked her, "What does ni hao mean?" Her answer: "Chinese." I didn't realize she knew that connection. And when you ask her how you say thank you in Chinese, she growls like a dragon. I'm not sure what that's all about!