R.I.P. Aloysius T. Schnee :(
I am sad to report that Mr. Schnee is no longer with us. I found out about it from Nora so I’ll just quote her directly:
(running inside and tracking snowy boots across the living room)
Snowman fall down!
Snowman ouchie head!
My Nora's* snowman fall down!
It’s both true and our little peanut has quite the flair for understatement. Mr. Schnee’s head basically exploded upon impact with the ground. He has passed on. He is no more. He has ceased to be.
I explained to her that it was okay and that we’d make a new snowman the next time it snows. Unfortunately, Nora doesn’t quite have the concept of “next time it snows” so she pesters us 30 or 40 times/day with, “new snowman! new snowman?”
Actually, time has been pretty interesting with Nora lately. As recently as 2 weeks ago if you asked her what she ate for breakfast she’d list things she’d like to eat right then. Starting today or yesterday, though, she’s able to run through a comprehensive list of everything she had for breakfast. She’s also able to remember that yesterday we saw Papa & Baba or Uncle Jim.
On December 24th she did a pretty cool thing. She saw, just before bedtime on the 23rd, that I was making cookies. Naturally, she asked for a cookie and Jen said, “no cookies now, but you can have a cookie in the morning.” And the first words out of her mouth when she got up the next morning were, “cookie! Nora cookie!”
I have another post coming tomorrow without any pictures but this one should feature audio and be of interest to my linguist friends (particularly phonologists!).
* yes, she often marks the possessive with “my Nora’s”. She will also simply say “my” or simply say “Nora’s”. The redundancy honestly seems to be emphatic. She definitely has no problems with the deixis of I/me/you/we/his/hers/mine/yours/etc.
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:27 am
Harper and I were talking about Nora on Thursday and Harper said, “my Nora.” And then, “my bike.”