Sponge

2/3/2007 New words : Ernie, Gymbo, quiet please , pretty
2/1/2007
Sofia and Alessandra are little sponges lately. Every day they surprise us with all of the things they know. They have a book with pictures of first words (cat, dog, cup, duck, boy, girl, flower, banana, apple, orange...). If you ask for the object they will open the page were that object is. Alessandra will say the word if you ask, but mostly, only mommy can understand. Alessandra loves this game. Sofia is more interested in reading the book on her own, she wants the book in her lap and she flips the pages. They know all body parts. Sofia is a little grunter. Alessandra is really trying to use her words. They pretty much understand everything we say. It is amazing how a couple months can make such a diference.
New words (last month): Diaper, Zoe, Cookie, Elmo, up, open

1/22/2007
Sunday (yesterday) at dinner at my in-law's house, Sofia kept of offering Chase some food. Pasta, chicken, peas. Then Chase started to cry, so Sofia gave a hard look to the sippy cup in her hand and offered to Chase. My little angel is so generous and so caring and so loving! Friday I pretended that I was crying, Sofia got so upset, she started to cry so hard. I had to hug her and show her that I was ok, before she was able to settle down. They both get very upset when the other cries.

Alessandra is fascinated with Pharoah, Boo-boo and Chloe. Especially Pharoah. At my in-laws she is always looking for Pharoah. When she is in the high chair and Pharoah comes in her direction, she gets all excited and laughs.
At Gymboree Saturday, Alessandra was not herself. She is usually into everything, climbing everything. Saturday, she was not so active. She puked Saturday night in her crib. I didn't notice it until Sunday morning. I when in her room took her out of the crib, and put her back in it with the light off, so I never noticed she had puked. She is coughing and has a runny nose.

Sofia at Gymboree found a new Friend. Her name is Julia. She is 11 months older then the girls. Sofia kept on giving her balls of different colors and asking for the ball back. Sofia comes in quiet absorbs everyone and decides who she would like to play with.

This morning they learned "Hot". I touched the heater and said "Hot". They did the same.

1/19/2007
The other day I was looking at the girls all dressed up in pants. It is so funny how baby clothes now days look so much like adult clothes. they look so grown up and independent. They can express themselves, follow directions and speak a few things. Time went by so fast! "Dear Lord, please give me wisdom to raise my kids!"
Sofia escolhe a roupa que quer vestir, senta na sua frente, da o pe e a roupa para voce vestir nela. Ela te olha bem seria, she means bussiness!
Comprei maior para as meninas. E tava esperimentando na Alessandra primeiro, Sofia morreu de chorar, puxando a roupa dela querendo tirar e procurando no quarto se tinha um maior para ela tambem. Quando coloquei o maior nela, ela ficou toda feliz desfilando na frente do espelho. Para tirar depois foi um sufoco.
Sofia adora o Chase, ela beija, fica olhando com uma ternura, depois suspira... Imita o Chase, se ele tiver deitado de bruxo, ela deita de buco do lado dele. Too funny. Beija o tempo todo.
Alessandra e minha macaquinha, ela quer brincar num cantinho. Esconde atraz no sofa, atraz da porta. Vira os brinquedos de cabeca para baixo para entrar dentro. Enpura a cadeira perto do light switch, sobe e fica ligando e desligando na pontinha do pe. Ontem 1/18 comecei Time out. Eu falie para ela nao subir no baby sofa. O baby sofa e so para sentar igual uma lady. Ela fez de novo varias vezes. Teve uma hora que resolvi e levei ela para o berco dela. Acendi as luzes, abri a janela, tirei tudo do berco e coloquei ela em pe no berco. Disse que ela tava de time out e deixei ela sozinho um minuto. Quando ela deceu, ficou uma santinha. Foi milagroso. Hoje de manha a Carol (Babysitter) teve que fazer o mesmo. Ela disse que funcionou. Gracas a Deus!
Alessandra ta falando um bocado de coisa, Sofia fala menos, mas entendem tudo. They follow instructions, se pedeir para pegar as coisas, ou limpar as partes do corpo.
Ainda adoram brincar de peekaboo.

We went on a play date on Wednesday. Elas entraram na casa e nao conheciam nimguem. Sofia ficou em pe do meu lado nem moveu. Alessandra saio correndo para um bookcase do outro lado sala para pegar um Elmo que tava no alto. Minha macaquinha sem resitar comecou a fala "Elmo" e subir no bookcase para pegar o Elmo.
They are both very happy babies and we are very blessed.
I tried soy milk after Christmas, Alessandra got a little sick, so I stopped. I will try again soo.


1/16/2007
Hoje eu comprei maior para elas para o verao.
Antes de tomar banho a noite eu vestir elas com o maior. Sofia se olhou no espelho e se achou linda. Ela sorria, e se olhava no espelho o tempo todo. Ate chapeu colocou e ficou se admirando no espelho. Chorou ate quando eu tirei. Alessandra tambem gostou do maior, mas acho que a Sofia e mais chegada a essas coisas. Ja tem tempo que ela escolhe o que quer vestir e calcar. Pode uma coisa desta? :-)

1/15/07
se cantar a musica baba black sheep, or the wheeles on the bus, or dum ditty dumm Alessandra pega o livro que coresponde com a musica.
Sofia muito enteresada no primo Chase. Quer beijar, abracar e imitar.
Alessandra brinca com o Ferol.
as duas miam para boo-boo
new words
teeth (teetee)
cookie (coocu)
outside

1/12/2007 new words:
sox, shoes, stuck, open (abre), shush, apple,outside, dora, elmo, nigh-nigh, help, abre, alice
they know:
shimmer, Angelina balarina, hand, foot, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, eyes, hair, belly button