The photos below were taken on our roadtrip vacation to Torrance and Palm Springs. I was just getting into facebook, so at the time, I was experimenting with giving status updates. Alas, I will not blog about it, but if a picture tells a thousand words, I'm sure you could see Naomi and us had a great time.
The blog entry below is about Naomi's smarts :) They say "Read between the lines".... well, I say: READ BETWEEN THE PICS!
CHECKING INTO THE SHADOW RIDGE RESORT IN PALM SPRINGS
It was a while back when Naomi's daycare teacher Adela first said to Richie and I, "Mimi es muy inteligente! She's very smart!" Yes, indeed, I know kids nowadays are super sponges. They learn so fast and are so aware of their environment. Technology has a lot to do with that, no doubt. I think that it's partly to do with over stimulation... there's so much to take in, but their minds learn to adapt and before you know it, they're smarter than we are! Naomi never fails to amaze me with her desire to learn and explore the world. Her memory is super sharp, too. I'm most impressed with her vocabulary... Mimi knows A LOT of words!
RISE AND SHINE WITH NAOMI AND ARABELLA
When she first started to speak, these are the words that she knew the best and said most often: Mama, Papa, Amen, woo-woo (dog), shoe, de-de (breastfeed), si (yes), bubble. For a while, those words were the only ones she said without being prompted. Naomi learned a whole swarm of other words once she started the "Your Baby Can Read" dvds. I don't remember if I mentioned that Richie and I bought the YBCR system. I first talked about being convinced here when Mimi and I had a playdate with Malaiya, who was 14 months old at the time and was reading words all the words on the dvd and even words that she had never seen before.
WITH PAPA AT THE AIR MUSEUM
HANGING OUT IN THE PLANE HANGAR
Naomi first started the Your Baby Can Read program at the beginning of August, when she was 15 mos. Since then she has watched 3 of the 5 dvds in rotation. It's been almost three months and I'm impressed with the number of words that she really knows. Her understanding of the words that she sees is just as important to me, if not more so, than her being able to "read" the word.
VISITING AUNTIE LIZ AND HER DAUGHTERS ADELINE AND CADENCE
Let's take a look at the category of "body parts." Naomi knows very well where her body parts are. If you ask her, "where's your eyes, nose, arms, etc," she'll point or touch the correct part right away. Of course, she has her moody days when she can't be bothered, but for the most part, she enjoys that game. The YBCRead also comes with word books, sliding picture cards and flashcards. Before when I showed her a flashcard, I would have to say the word first and she would repeat it after me. Now, there are several words that she knows right away and says the word out loud or performs an action: hi, wave, clap, keys, nose, mouth, ear, eyes, dog, gorilla, tiger, smiling. I'm sure there are others, and I can't won't even be able to keep track once she's talking non-stop. I will be so proud of her when she reads something totally random off a billboard or something, when I least expect it.
DADDY, CAN I BORROW YOUR HAT?
MOMMY'S TURN!
When it comes to animals, Naomi like playing the game "what does a animal say?" The animals that she knows what sound it makes are: dog "woo-woo", cow "moooo", cat "meeee", duck "wah-wah", horse- she really does a great neigh!, elephant- similar but distinguishable neigh like the horse ;). Of course, since she's bilingual, she also knows perro, vaca, gato, patito, caballo y elefante. There are a couple of animals that Mimi prefers in spanish: rana (frog)- a good deep croak!, pollito (chick) "pio-pio."
CHECKING OUT THE DUCKS "PALLITOS"
TEAM DIMALANTA IN PALM DESERT
Lately, she's been a little parrot and will copy a word that you say, with or without prompting. Her pronounciation is very clear, too... for a toddler who's not even 18 mos yet. Another thing that we've taught her that is kinda silly, is to say, "YO! SUP!" and when we ask her "How are you?" she says, "COOL." Another way that she's too smart for her own good? Me and Richie: "You're so cute and smart".... Mimi: "I KNOW!" =D
"IS NAP TIME OVER ALREADY?" Stttttrettttttch!
ARABELLA AND NAOMI ARE ALREADY "DRINKING BUDDIES" ;P
Naomi is also really good at knowing people's names. Cute story: Naomi was looking through a photo album of pics from her 1st bday while Rich and I were having dinner. She starts saying a word over and over. I look over at her and she's pointing at her cousin Josh in a photo: "Josh! Josh! Josh!" :) then she sees a pic of Dean: "Dee-dee!"
So I said, "Yes, that's Josh and Dean-Dean!" Then she starts clapping and saying "Bravo!" Cuz she knows she did good :) She's probably really proud of herself because a couple of weeks ago, Josh was the only one of the Boyz that she couldn't/wouldn't pronounce.
Then I start flipping pages and she points to her godmothers, Jasmine and Cathy (in separate pics) and says "Ninang!" (the tagalog word for godmother) Then when I asked "Who's that?, Auntieeee....?" She said "Leia"! WOW! Rich and I smiled big and she "bravo"'d herself again.
DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION AT REDONDO BEACH
ALL ABOARD!!!
Our little Princecess can even count... not all by herself, but with a little help. Believe it or not, she counts better in Spanish! For some reason, she just listens to the "uno, dos, tres" which the part I would have guessed she would know first, but instead, she chimes in from quatro through diez =)
MIMI AND BELLA HANGING OUT AT TOYS R US
IMAGINE WHEN THEY REALLY ARE SWEET 16! WATCH OUT!
One thing that I wish she didn't know so well is the names of all her fave TV shows/characters. Sometimes, she wakes up and the first thing she says is "Barney!" Once the purple dinosaur is over she asks to watch "Minnie" on Mickey Mouse Club House or "Manny" as in Disney's Handy Manny. After school, one of her favorite channels to watch is "Sprout!"... she knows how to say "Caillou", "Elmo", and she sings the Thomas the Train song. When this group of muppets called the Pajanimals comes on, she's in love! Mimi likes to sit on my lap or cuddle when their Lulluby song comes on and she sings along quietly.
THE LITTLE GENIUS CREATING HER LATEST MASTERPIECE
Pretty soon, she's gonna be combining words and then speaking sentences and then reading Harry Potter and writing book reports! EEK!
Mimi es MUY INTELIGENTE!
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I love reading your blog. Thank you so much for sharing all your beautiful and endearing moments with Mimi. Keep on writing!
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