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Shannon is fast approaching two in December, and Mal and I are amazed by the progress she has made in these few months....


I still remember the halting 'Ball.... Bear..... Po Po...' words she used when she was just 1 and a half... now she turns us speechless with her three syablus words which we have never heard her say before. So just for posterity's sake, when our little one grows up in twenty years time and is perhaps getting married soon (sob sob!) She can read this on her own and laugh herself silly with her attempts


A month ago, amidst a sudden downpour on our way to breakfast, the first stunner... 'Ummmmbraaallaaa!' Shocked the Hell out of me and Mal!


After that it, it started coming out a a choo Choo train! Words like 'No, I wannn tis!', 'Moooon... Nitetime...', 'Meeennnny Mouse', Hose keysssss' (House keys), Daddy Car, Mommy Chair', Pear Pear Juice.... Macdonny (Macdonalds), 'Wo Bu Yao' ( I don't want in Mandarin)...., 'Rainny Day', 'Cornfakes....

Lately, she started copying the Hi Five programs and us as well, so ask her how a cow sounds, and she will go 'Mooooooo', 'Baaaaaaaaaaa' is for sheep, 'Neeeeeeeiiiiii' is for horse, 'Meoooooow' is for Cat, 'Crrrriiii' is for Criket, 'Arrrrrrrr' is for Lion and smacking lips and waving hands is for fish.

Communicating with her is so much fun now, and it's amazing how their mind works. She knows when Mal and my dad disappears from the breakfast table, it means, ' Daddy toiiillet, Gong Gong toilet', and it useless trying to stop laughing when she imitates my irritated shriek at Mal when he's slow coming to get her from the bathroom after her bath....' Deeeeeeaaaaaaaarrrrrr!'

Hearing her say words like 'Opposeat' (opposite) and 'Act-tivvvvti Book' (Activity book) just blow me away.

Ok Ok, maybe I'm just a besotted love stuck parent who thinks the world of her kid, but who doesn't right? Every parent think their kid is the cutest, most adorable, most lovable child in the universe right?

I'm just enjoying this interlude before she turns into a screaming ugly child at age three, and trying to keep a straight face whenever she goes, 'Pleeez... than you....' to get her beloved cornflakes.