Okay. I can officially say that this is the latest the photos have been posted. It’s basically the end of month thirty-five and therefore I need to turn around and start preparing next months photos right after this post goes up.
It’s been a busy month with my family coming to visit over Memorial Day weekend. We went to the Huntington Gardens and Disneyland and we ended up with over eight hundred photos for the month. We tried to cut these down to just a small set of them.
There have been a number of verbal changes in our kids in the last month. You can definitely carry a conversation with them (though they don’t always pay attention to you). They’re also becoming more verbally defiant. For instance, we’ve been reminding them to say “please” when asking for things, and when they are annoyed by it, they’ll try substituting a different sound: “Can I have some juice, plah?” We don’t let them get away with it. Eleanor has also tried something where she’ll respond with “what?” when I ask her to do something. She’s looking right at me when I ask, so I know it’s an attempt to just ignore me. I’ve been jumping all over that one. The girls will also do things like substitute “slah” for “sorry”.
I don’t think it’s deliberate, but Miranda’s been responding to some yes/no questions with something that sounds like “nyah”, which is open to interpretation. I’ve been trying to get her to pick either “yes” or “no”, but on the other hand, both Agnes and I will sometimes say “yah”, so I can’t really blame her.
The kids have learned both Agnes and my names and every now and then, Eleanor will call me Bernard. I tell her she has to call me daddy. We wanted them to know our names in case they’re lost and they are asked what their parents’ names are.
Miranda and Eleanor have been correcting each others’ pronunciation. Unfortunately, they don’t always correct it with the right pronunciation. Eleanor was lecturing Miranda yesterday, saying “It’s not school, it’s skull“. In this case, they really were trying to say “school”.
The kids have been making up songs. When we give them a bath together, they like to sit in the tub and swish their legs back and forth, which churns the water and causes bubbles. They sing a song that consists of them repeating “bubble feet” over and over. It can get in your head if you’re not careful.
We’ve been jogging with the kids at the beach a few times over the past month, but the pictures will come with the month thirty-five update. Don’t expect those pictures right away, but hopefully it won’t be a full month before I get them up.