Drawers

After being surrounded by them all her life, Samantha has now discovered drawers. She can spend at least 20 minutes just opening and closing the drawers on my desk, taking out pens, examining them, and putting them back. Luckily she's not strong enough to get the caps off. In her bedroom, she has taken to throwing her neatly folded clothes out of the drawers and onto the floor. This, as you might guess, is not a welcome development.

Vocabulary

We have been getting a few questions lately about Mantha's vocabulary. She has lots of words, not all of them in English.

Japanese:
Inai inai inai ... bah! (hiding, hiding ... here I am!)
Shu shu (brush brush, as in teeth)
Paku (eat)

Spanish:
Agua

English:
Bib
Milk
Mommy
Daddy
Doggie
Apple
Nana (banana)
Buckle
No
Baby
Hello
Bye-bye
More
Up
All done
Outside
Anna (her teacher)
Abby (Lim)
(I'm sure there's more we'll think of later)

Buckles

Samantha's latest is obsession is with buckles. She first seemed to get interested in the buckle on her stroller and has been trying to clip it together for about two months (so far with no success). It has gradually dawned on her that her car seat and high chair also have buckles, and fiddling with them can definitely add some time to a ride or a meal. The one buckle she has mastered so far is in the high chair cover we take with us to restaurants. Her whole face lights up when she manages to click it shut. Luckily, she has shown very little interest in UNbuckling.

Above, Mantha is practicing her buckling skills on her travel booster seat/easy chair.