Outdoors

My two year old is learning lots about her world, and her vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds. She is learning labels for everything, and for those things she doesn't know yet, she tries to classify them using words she already knows. When she sees a group of animals, the bigger ones are the mommy and daddy, and the little ones are the babies. This counts for pictures of bees, or bears in stories. This works well for these situations, where it can often be the case. She is also learning letters and numbers, although the ones she knows each day changes. She definitely knows the letter O. The other day she was coloring in a book, and turned to the title page. The first word in the title was "Outdoors". She pointed to the first 'O' and said, "Momma O", then she pointed to the next couple 'o's and said, "Baby Os". It was incredibly cute! What a great detective she is. She can spot an O a mile away! This makes the post office a great place to visit. They have lots of signs with lots of letters. She is always on the lookout for the couple she knows, and then looks for ones that are the same, then she says, "SAME! MATCH!!" She also likes the many stop signs on that street, and seeing the fire trucks across the street too. We're learning about people in our neighborhood who help. She has started pretending that her toys need help, and she then helps them. She is also pretending lots of cooking and cleaning, as well as anything else she has done that day. She talks about things that happened in the last week, repeatedly, and sometimes acts them out. All in all, she's very active, learning quickly, and growing up super fast....but that's what video cameras are for. I'm hoping to upload some video soon, but for now, just imagine hearing her saying, "bye bye" to everything as we leave a store or the house! "Bye fish", "bye toys", "bye door", "bye cars", "bye bye!"