Adjectives and Prepositions

Ezri is getting way into acquiring and using adjectives.
Yesterday as we got in the car she pointed to the snow and said, “Snow is white. Snow is cold. Snow melts.”

Her biggest two questions about her world lately are “What’s in it?” and “Who is that? What’s name?” She’s discovered that people, dolls, animals, and stuffed animals often have a name in addition to a label. We’ve had to make up some names for her dolls.

The baby doll made by Corolle is Cory. The new doll that is the same size as the creatively named Dolly has been named Madison to go with Dolly. Nicely, her gifts from my mom of Raggedy Ann and Andy came with names, as did her Ernie puppet. So when she asked we had ready answers for their names.

She is not yet aware that she can name her toys, but she certainly thinks she should know their names. I am also learning names of random people while out and about. “Who’s that? What’s name?” Ezri asks pointing at a fellow shopper at Target. The man looks down at Ezri and says, “I’m Dennis.” Ezri points up and says, “Name Dennis.” I am working on getting her to respond with, ‘Hi, I’m Ezri.” We aren’t quite there yet.

Today we had this conversation
me: what does mama have in her hand?
ezri: Fanby (I was holding ezri’s weasel stuffed animal named Fanby – the name on its tag as its from IKEA)
me: what does mama have in her other hand?
ezri: coffee!
me: what does mama have in her hat?
ezri: head
me: what does mama have in her nose?
ezri (with a big smile): BOOGERS!

Will I regret teaching her about boogers? Maybe.

She is also very excited about being measured against the growth chart in her room. She’s 2 foot 11 inches and has been each day we’ve measured her this week. Growth may not be happening quite as quickly as she’d like. She will say “Stand straight. Heels against the wall,” repeating the instructions Eric gives her for being measured. She also likes to talk about how “Ezri is getting big.”

She can now say “vomit” instead of “womit.” I like that she is still talking about herself in the third person, though she’s picked up some pronouns they are still coming.

Talking to our kid is great!