Dear Della,
I have always wanted to be fluent in a foreign language but to date, I have not fulfilled that dream. I am only able to limp along in both French and Italian.
I have always thought it would be good for my child to be bilingual and have thought about putting you in schools that specialize in immersion programs like French or Spanish or the language of the country that will be taking over the world when you are an adult, Chinese. But, I probably won't do that either.
But, I think you have killed 2 birds with one stone for me. You are creating your own language, and I am learning it! Now, we will both be bilingual. Here is an example of your words that I have managed to figure out:
O - milk
Gow, gow - cat
Wooh, wooh - dog
Gaw, gaw - bird
Baba - sheep, lamb
Guh - light
Peep - please
Beebee - baby
Nigh, night - blanket
Ooh, ooh, aah, aah - monkey
Die - drawing, pen, crayon and the like
Nine - "one more", stairs, any number
Top - stop
Wawa - water
Nummy, nummy - food, eat
Da dough - ball
Dot dee - this/that
Dubby - ????
Uuh, uuh - everything else you don't know the word for
Some are easy and others don't make too much sense. But, thank you for fulfilling a dream for me, my sweet girl. Maybe we could call it Dellian, or Dellanese.
Love,
Mama
Monday, January 15, 2007
M to I to the L to the K
Dear Della,
So you know will understand why you are the spelling bee champion, here is a conversation between you, me and Dada last week in the evening:
Mama, "Della has drunk like 4 glasses of milk today. So, I have been mixing H2O with her M-I-L-K".
Della whips her head around, "O????"
Dada, "Do you want some M-I-L-K?"
Della, "Ya!!"
It is all about the motivation.
Love,
Mama
So you know will understand why you are the spelling bee champion, here is a conversation between you, me and Dada last week in the evening:
Mama, "Della has drunk like 4 glasses of milk today. So, I have been mixing H2O with her M-I-L-K".
Della whips her head around, "O????"
Dada, "Do you want some M-I-L-K?"
Della, "Ya!!"
It is all about the motivation.
Love,
Mama
Monday, December 18, 2006
2 going on 12
Dear Della-
I thought it would be awhile before I was saying the phrase "you are 5 going on 30". But, here we are and you are not even 2!
As a background, you get to spend time alone in your room when you choose not to listen to me or Dada. We let you stay in there with the door closed for 1 minute then we go in to discuss why that happened and that we love you. Civilized right? Well, you have started going in your room on your own whenever we inform you that you shouldn't be doing this or that (DB speak-dis or dat).
When you first starting doing this, we thought you were putting yourself in timeout. However, it has evolved now where you don't just walk casually into the room. You kind of storm in there and SLAM the door behind you like you cannot bear to hear us speaking to you anymore. You need to be ALONE!
The funny part is once you are in there with the door shut, you can't get out. So, after a couple of minutes, we hear "Mama" and knocking on the door. We then come to rescue from your self imposed imprisonment.
Love,
Mama
I thought it would be awhile before I was saying the phrase "you are 5 going on 30". But, here we are and you are not even 2!
As a background, you get to spend time alone in your room when you choose not to listen to me or Dada. We let you stay in there with the door closed for 1 minute then we go in to discuss why that happened and that we love you. Civilized right? Well, you have started going in your room on your own whenever we inform you that you shouldn't be doing this or that (DB speak-dis or dat).
When you first starting doing this, we thought you were putting yourself in timeout. However, it has evolved now where you don't just walk casually into the room. You kind of storm in there and SLAM the door behind you like you cannot bear to hear us speaking to you anymore. You need to be ALONE!
The funny part is once you are in there with the door shut, you can't get out. So, after a couple of minutes, we hear "Mama" and knocking on the door. We then come to rescue from your self imposed imprisonment.
Love,
Mama
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
oh, christmas tree
Dear Della,
Tonight we decorated our Christmas tree that we cut down over the weekend with all the Baldwin family. At the farm, you had such a fun time running through all the trees and splashing in the mud with your cute lady bug boots. Too bad we didn't have the camera.
While I was getting down all of the decorations from the attic, you and Dada started on the tree. He worked on the lights while you helped your self to the ornaments. It was like you were an old pro. You started putting the ornaments on all by yourself without us even showing you how. I guess all the holiday propaganda has soaked in already. This is a good thing because I am not a fan of putting ornaments on the tree. I always unwrap them all while Dada hangs them. I tried to filter some of the ones going up tonight but Dada was on to me. He looked at the tree and said, "Aren't there more ornaments?". I guess it a good thing that I enjoyed watching to two of you having so much fun.
Last year, Gran gave you your very own tree which is about a foot and half tall. I got that out and told you it was yours. You began decorating that tree as well. After while, you went up to it and said "Della" then pointed to the big one saying "Dada".
Getting you to bed tonight took a little longer than normal. You enjoyed watching Rudolph (who doesn't though?) and looking at the Santa musical thingy. After we said it was time to go nigh, night, you went up to the big tree to give it a hug (a prickly proposition) and a kiss (maaahhh). Then you did the same thing to your tree. You are too cute, my friend.
Love you,
Mama
Tonight we decorated our Christmas tree that we cut down over the weekend with all the Baldwin family. At the farm, you had such a fun time running through all the trees and splashing in the mud with your cute lady bug boots. Too bad we didn't have the camera.
While I was getting down all of the decorations from the attic, you and Dada started on the tree. He worked on the lights while you helped your self to the ornaments. It was like you were an old pro. You started putting the ornaments on all by yourself without us even showing you how. I guess all the holiday propaganda has soaked in already. This is a good thing because I am not a fan of putting ornaments on the tree. I always unwrap them all while Dada hangs them. I tried to filter some of the ones going up tonight but Dada was on to me. He looked at the tree and said, "Aren't there more ornaments?". I guess it a good thing that I enjoyed watching to two of you having so much fun.
Last year, Gran gave you your very own tree which is about a foot and half tall. I got that out and told you it was yours. You began decorating that tree as well. After while, you went up to it and said "Della" then pointed to the big one saying "Dada".
Getting you to bed tonight took a little longer than normal. You enjoyed watching Rudolph (who doesn't though?) and looking at the Santa musical thingy. After we said it was time to go nigh, night, you went up to the big tree to give it a hug (a prickly proposition) and a kiss (maaahhh). Then you did the same thing to your tree. You are too cute, my friend.
Love you,
Mama
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
puzzle master - della shortz
Dear Della-
I have been meaning to write about your love and skill in the puzzle arena. I am not just talking about puzzles with pegs that you put in the hole with the correct picture and shape. Grammy gave you 12 piece jigsaw puzzle about a month ago.
From the evening we brought it home, you have worked on it practically every night. At first, you cried in frustration and threw some pieces, but you were diligent. After about a week, you could do the whole thing. Now, you have 2 of those puzzles and you work them in tandem like a pro even while watching Madagascar. I think I'll start you on bingo next.
I have been meaning to write about your love and skill in the puzzle arena. I am not just talking about puzzles with pegs that you put in the hole with the correct picture and shape. Grammy gave you 12 piece jigsaw puzzle about a month ago.
From the evening we brought it home, you have worked on it practically every night. At first, you cried in frustration and threw some pieces, but you were diligent. After about a week, you could do the whole thing. Now, you have 2 of those puzzles and you work them in tandem like a pro even while watching Madagascar. I think I'll start you on bingo next.
Love,
Mama
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
chip off the ol' block
Dear Della-
Since the day you were born, you always come into bed with Dada and me in the mornings (thinking back to that first morning I met you to validate the statement, it is true). It was really a selfish move on our part to squeeze in that last bit of sleep more than it was to have family time, but it has become that. We always enjoy that time. We use to be able to get you back to sleep after your bottle. Now, you cry "o, o, o, o" while Dada gets your milk then you happily drink it and when it is gone, you hand it to one of us and then roll over on your belly.
Sometimes, you lay for awhile on your own or want to get up. Lately, you have begun to want to take you clothes off after your milk. I am not sure where you got that idea. It might have something to do with the attire Dada and I wear. You usually climb up on my belly for some skin to skin. Now, I ask you, does it get any better than that? I think not.
I love you,
Mama
Since the day you were born, you always come into bed with Dada and me in the mornings (thinking back to that first morning I met you to validate the statement, it is true). It was really a selfish move on our part to squeeze in that last bit of sleep more than it was to have family time, but it has become that. We always enjoy that time. We use to be able to get you back to sleep after your bottle. Now, you cry "o, o, o, o" while Dada gets your milk then you happily drink it and when it is gone, you hand it to one of us and then roll over on your belly.
Sometimes, you lay for awhile on your own or want to get up. Lately, you have begun to want to take you clothes off after your milk. I am not sure where you got that idea. It might have something to do with the attire Dada and I wear. You usually climb up on my belly for some skin to skin. Now, I ask you, does it get any better than that? I think not.
I love you,
Mama
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
potty time
Dear Della-
Last week while I was going to the bathroom and you were keeping me company, you indicated that you wanted to take your pants off too. So, I took them off along with your diaper and you sat on the little potty that we got for you. You have done this many time before and made the international sound for peeing with your mouth. But this time was different. When you got up, we both realized that you had actually peed in the potty.
I was pretty excited about it and gave you a big hug, but I did not want to make too big of a deal out of it. I mean, I know all about the "anal retentive" thing and I don't want my child to be obsessive and controlling. But, I did think about taking a picture of it to post here. I couldn't go that far though.
When you were home with Dada, you went again and then when he was telling me about it, you ran to the bathroom. You did it again! Is there a pattern here?
Tonight, I took you in to the bathroom in an effort to start more of a nightly routine for you (but actually it is for me so that I finally start washing my face at night). At any rate, on the potty you sat and I actually heard you pushing to make yourself go. You were doing it! (Dada-use weird little kid voice when reading that)
I am not sure what to make of all of it because as I said earlier, I don't want to make a big deal about it. Not changing diapers would be cool but when I think of the reality of actually going through this whole process, diapers might not be so bad.
Mama
Last week while I was going to the bathroom and you were keeping me company, you indicated that you wanted to take your pants off too. So, I took them off along with your diaper and you sat on the little potty that we got for you. You have done this many time before and made the international sound for peeing with your mouth. But this time was different. When you got up, we both realized that you had actually peed in the potty.
I was pretty excited about it and gave you a big hug, but I did not want to make too big of a deal out of it. I mean, I know all about the "anal retentive" thing and I don't want my child to be obsessive and controlling. But, I did think about taking a picture of it to post here. I couldn't go that far though.
When you were home with Dada, you went again and then when he was telling me about it, you ran to the bathroom. You did it again! Is there a pattern here?
Tonight, I took you in to the bathroom in an effort to start more of a nightly routine for you (but actually it is for me so that I finally start washing my face at night). At any rate, on the potty you sat and I actually heard you pushing to make yourself go. You were doing it! (Dada-use weird little kid voice when reading that)
I am not sure what to make of all of it because as I said earlier, I don't want to make a big deal about it. Not changing diapers would be cool but when I think of the reality of actually going through this whole process, diapers might not be so bad.
Mama
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