Yep, it's official. I am two years old. And if you ask me how old I am I will tell you "two."
I can devour an entire mango, no need to cut it up (but you might want to take my shirt off beforehand). I like apples, especially picking them from out back and then crunching into one. Pomegranates, nectarines, and peaches are awesome. Basically any fruit you put in front of me I will enjoy.
I am starting to enjoy hiking on my own (like coming down from Sanitas), though Appa usually still carries me on his back. I love motions to songs, including the new one Amma made up for the song with the toy plane that I received for my birthday ('taking off for places we've never been, we'll be home for dinner then we'll fly again, zoom!'). Jumping is still super fun - including off of the living room table into Grandpa's arms (like tonight). I can do new things too, like hang from the bar above a slide before heading down it. I have been working on my skills on wheels - some on my scooter, some on my tricycle, and a little less on my new strider (balance bike). I have also been working on my skills with balls - like kicking big ones and throwing smaller ones, or swinging for medium size ones with a bat or croquet mallet - and I am getting better (today I even made a hoop).
My vocabulary continues to expand, and I repeat a lot of what I hear nowadays. Today one new one was "Percy" (as in Thomas the train and his friend Percy). On my birthday I was heard to have been saying "Happy" quite a lot. Ayyamma taught me the Tamil names for things like head and eyes and ears and teeth and nose - so I can point to them (if not quite say them yet). But I am starting to say some Tamil words like the word for flower or fruit, which is pretty cool.
I continue to love big machines of many sorts: Trains of course (including the new ones Appa got me for my birthday that run on their own and go through tunnels!). But planes too (which I used to call 'copters' for helicopters, but then moved into planes and now airplanes) - and I can spot them up high in the sky when I hear one. Trucks of all sorts (and I love my new truck books that help me name the different ones).
Appa took a quick trip to India this past month (where there are lots of cool trains), and Amma took a quick trip to Portugal too, so I got to see them on small screens when they were gone. This month included lots of fun times with Wendy, Leo, and Sebastian during the weekdays, and other fun with friends on the weekends. And of course at the end there were a few birthday parties with cake (happy happy!).
Finally, as I mentioned last month, coming up pretty soon are some big changes around here - my new little brother. Right now I can say baby and kiss Amma's belly (which she thinks is very cute). But when the little guy gets here I bet it will be an adjustment. I will have a new little friend!
Thank you God for my family, for life, for my two years, for trees to climb in, for wheels to glide on, for bright books to read, for monkeys and elephants, for friends with sound makers, and for mangoes.
I can devour an entire mango, no need to cut it up (but you might want to take my shirt off beforehand). I like apples, especially picking them from out back and then crunching into one. Pomegranates, nectarines, and peaches are awesome. Basically any fruit you put in front of me I will enjoy.
I am starting to enjoy hiking on my own (like coming down from Sanitas), though Appa usually still carries me on his back. I love motions to songs, including the new one Amma made up for the song with the toy plane that I received for my birthday ('taking off for places we've never been, we'll be home for dinner then we'll fly again, zoom!'). Jumping is still super fun - including off of the living room table into Grandpa's arms (like tonight). I can do new things too, like hang from the bar above a slide before heading down it. I have been working on my skills on wheels - some on my scooter, some on my tricycle, and a little less on my new strider (balance bike). I have also been working on my skills with balls - like kicking big ones and throwing smaller ones, or swinging for medium size ones with a bat or croquet mallet - and I am getting better (today I even made a hoop).
My vocabulary continues to expand, and I repeat a lot of what I hear nowadays. Today one new one was "Percy" (as in Thomas the train and his friend Percy). On my birthday I was heard to have been saying "Happy" quite a lot. Ayyamma taught me the Tamil names for things like head and eyes and ears and teeth and nose - so I can point to them (if not quite say them yet). But I am starting to say some Tamil words like the word for flower or fruit, which is pretty cool.
I continue to love big machines of many sorts: Trains of course (including the new ones Appa got me for my birthday that run on their own and go through tunnels!). But planes too (which I used to call 'copters' for helicopters, but then moved into planes and now airplanes) - and I can spot them up high in the sky when I hear one. Trucks of all sorts (and I love my new truck books that help me name the different ones).
Appa took a quick trip to India this past month (where there are lots of cool trains), and Amma took a quick trip to Portugal too, so I got to see them on small screens when they were gone. This month included lots of fun times with Wendy, Leo, and Sebastian during the weekdays, and other fun with friends on the weekends. And of course at the end there were a few birthday parties with cake (happy happy!).
Finally, as I mentioned last month, coming up pretty soon are some big changes around here - my new little brother. Right now I can say baby and kiss Amma's belly (which she thinks is very cute). But when the little guy gets here I bet it will be an adjustment. I will have a new little friend!
Thank you God for my family, for life, for my two years, for trees to climb in, for wheels to glide on, for bright books to read, for monkeys and elephants, for friends with sound makers, and for mangoes.
