Words, Letters, and Numbers

Dear Vinny,

You have been saying more and more interesting sentences. Just yesterday you said to Daddy, "Open trash door, I throw away trash." When you're hungry, you'll say (for example), "Want some yogurt-toast" (that's toast with yogurt instead of jam).

You've also learned how to turn doorknobs, which means that you can leave your room if you'renot tired enough to take a nap. (Or you could, until we installed the child-proofing on the doorknob inside your room.)

You're getting a lot better at feeding yourself. You get more than half the food in your mouth when you feeds yourself, which I call a success. But you do enjoy rubbing the yogurt (for example) into the tablecloth or your clothes when it drips or misses your mouth.

You can recognize all the letters of the alphabet. You don't know the order yet but we've been practicing the alphabet song with you. You also know your numbers, although again you don't quite have the order down. I like to count things with you. For example, we'll be playing with a truck and I'll ask, "How many wheels?" You'll usually "count" the wheels, although the wheels are actually a means to an end. The goal of counting, in your opinion, is to get to ten (or sometimes, twenty). It doesn't really matter if you skip a few numbers or go out of order. Once you get to the target number, you celebrate. So usually, the reply to "How many wheels?" goes something like this:

"One, two, four, five, seven, eight, ten, yay!"

Close enough.

Love,
Mama