Chitter chatter...

Otis says to me yesterday, whilst flipping through the pages of a book in complete silence, “Mum, I am not reading this book, I am listening to it, just like you.”
Current favourite activity is reading magazines, he loves all the ones aimed at little/pre-teen boys, like Mania, Krash and DMag. He cuddles both one of these (usually the latest, I pick them up for him on Sundays after his swimming lesson as a bribe, I know, evil, dastardly parenting technique, but I figure keeping him alive in the water trumps the badness of bribery) and his cuddly Santa.

Peggy says “Mummy” in the sweetest, most clearly enunciated way, it is such a delight to hear. Also says:

Dad/Daddy
Ammy (Grammy)
Braa (Brother)/Ati (Oti)
Bird
Popow (Popov, used for all dogs or other animals she doesn’t know the correct name for)
Yum
Hello (said upwards of 60 times a day, to anyone who walks past her or as soon as she hears me answer the phone, or in response to a character on a TV show, even though she doesn’t like TV, won’t sit still for a minute to even try to engage with it. She pronounces this “Hewwo”. It is said in a very short, abrupt way. )
Bye
Ta
Booboo (Boob… Even though weaned for nearly 2 weeks now… This girl will not forget!)

Current fave activity is to try on other people’s shoes, which she is surprisingly adept at, as well as their clothes, which she has a bit more trouble with. When she can’t manage these things immediately and with ease she screams and throws herself on to the floor in a most dramatic fashion.