Language

Sylvie has been surprising us recently with her language development. For months she's been able to talk about her feelings, like telling us she's scared or sad or happy. But it's always been pretty clear cut scenarios: a loud noise, she tells us "I scared," running through the house with a big grin on her face she tells us "I happy!" So nothing too complex, but still amazing, of course, given that a year ago she was barely speaking at all. But that complexity of emotion and language is just starting to express itself, and it's mind blowing! The other night she totally threw me for a loop during dinner, she was cranky, throwing things and just being generally difficult. I was starting to lose my patience when the following conversation took place:

Kacey: Sylvie, I think you might need a time-out. You are being so cranky right now!
Sylvie: (pouting) But I'm very tired too Mommy.

!!!! I was stunned. I asked her if she wanted to go lay down in her room for a few minutes and she said "yes" and got down from her chair and slowly walked over to her room, pouting the entire time. Of course as soon as she got into her room and saw all of her toys she immediately perked up and wanted to play. :)

The other area that's been surprising us is the way she's picking up on little slang and colloquialisms. Like the other night, when John was with her and decided to take her outside to play in the sand box.

John: Sylvie! Do you want to go outside and play?
Sylvie: (uninterested) Umm...I guess so.

I should add that I'm not totally convinced she completely understands what she's saying, because just a few seconds after she gave her less-than-enthusiastic response to John, she was waiting at the door with her shoes, jacket and purse, yelling "c'mon Daddy!!"