March fun, so far.

Katie has LOVED the warmer weather.  We have spent a number of afternoons playing outside once we get home.

We had her 18 month check up today, and she continues to be consistently petite and light.  This fits with both her mom and dad's developmental patterns from childhood.  She is (sometimes frustratingly) ahead as far as her verbal articulation.  For example, of this list: http://www.phillyburbs.com/lifestyle/education/words-your-toddler-should-know/article_22103f9a-5f02-11e1-ba3f-0019bb30f31a.html  She's got all but "car."

Katie can name all the main characters from Disney, Jr (amazing and bad, all at once).  

This list made me laugh, because bolded are the words Katie has down.  You can tell a great deal about our lifestyle from her list:

Social Function Words 

more, please, thank you, hi/hello, bye-bye, again, sorry, uh-oh, yes/uh-huh/okay, no/uh-uh

Common Action Words (Verbs)

eat, drink, go, stop, run, jump, walk, sleep/night-night, wash, kiss, open, close, push, pull, fix, broke, play,want, hug, love, hurt, tickle, give (”gimme”), all gone, all done, dance, help, fall, shake, see, watch, look, sit, stand (up), throw, catch, blow, cry, throw, swing, slide, climb, ride, rock, come (”C’mon”), color/draw      

Location Words (Prepositions)

up, down, in, out, off, on, here, there (Plus later ones such as around, under, behind, over at/after age 3)

Descriptive Words (Adjectives/Adverbs)

big, little, hot, cold, loud, quiet, yucky, icky, scary, funny, silly, dirty, clean, gentle, wet, soft, fast, slow, color words (red, blue, yellow, green, pink, orange, purple, black, white, brown) and quantity words (all, none, more, some, rest, plus early number words - especially 1, 2, 3)

Early Pronouns

 me, mine, my, I, you, it (Then toward age 3 the gender pronouns such as he, she, him, her )

Just in case you’re wondering, here’s a list of the most common nouns:

ball, book, choo-choo, train, bike, rain, bubbles, car, truck, boat, plane, baby, bowl, spoon, diaper, sock, shoe, shirt, pants, hat, star, flower, house, tree, brush, towel, bath, chair, table, bed, blanket, light, cookie, cracker, chip, cheese, apple, banana, ice cream, cereal (Cheerios/ “O’s”), candy, milk, juice, water, dog, cat, fish, bird, duck (she says quack quack), cow, horse, bunny, bear, pig, lion, elephant, giraffe (on one brand of diapers), zebra, monkey, chicken, butterfly, bee, frog, alligator, snake   

Plus names for people - Mama, Dada, brother and sister names, pet names, grandparents & other family members, and favorite characters such as Elmo, Dora, Diego, etc…      (Katie has Matt-Matt, Miss Sue, Grandma, Grandpa, Heather, Danielle, Jessie, Elmo, Cookie (cookie monster), Doc, Sophia, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald, Daisy for sure)