Tori’s Writing Hole

Well, Julia is just too smart. I swear, I’m waiting for her to wake up and start reciting pi to 30 places, or the preamble to the Constitution. When she hears something, she remembers it. Which can be a problem, in the case of bad words or expressions (hearing a 2 year old exclaim, “Oh God! Jesus!” is hilarious, but just not right) but can also be a blessing.

So far, she’s learned her alphabet (with intermittent missing letters), how to count to 20 and she’s finally picked up on her colors. Yay! “Tinkle Tinkle Start” (Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star) has become her anthem, and she’s also become quite a helper around the house. Julia has decided that her job is to pick up any stray scraps of paper (whether they’re important or not) and put them in the garbage. She’ll crumple them, run to the trash can and put them in, proudly exclaiming “Trash!”.

Stephen said the cutest thing the other day about our little girl - “We’ve got a new little friend.” That’s really what it feels like. She may be little and not quite fluent in English yet, but she’s eager to please - and nothing feels better than having your child say “I love you, Mommy”. Julia usually follows the phrase with “hold you, Mommy” or “hug you, Mommy”. Music to my ears.

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