Me Too!

That is Selina's new battle cry.  She runs behind Nat, arms outstretched, squeaking "metoo!  metoo! metoo!"

It is adorable beyond words.

Love of Big Sister is gonna be the end of that kid, though, I tell you.  Yesterday, Nat was running around the hardwood floors in socks, slipped and sort of belly flopped onto a (luckily) carpeted part of the floor.  She survived, picked herself up and commenced to running again.  Selina, having watched the whole thing, immediately launched herself--squealing with delight--face-first onto the part of the carpet where Nat had fallen.  Then she giggled "Uh-oh!" scrambled up and did it again.

Selina is, shall we say, more physical than Nat was at this age?  Than Nat is now?

Meanwhile, babysitter, J, the one whose name Selina chants like a mantra at all times, whether he is present or not (she is head over heels in love), is teaching Nat to play Go.  I have no idea what it is, but J. is all into it, like crazy and he has been reading up on how to teach it to wee snappers.  He told me that "all the really successful professional Go players started when they were, like, 3 or 4."  I asked him if Nat could afford to keep me in the posh rest home in Honolulu to which I want to become accustomed in my dotage on a professional Go salary.  He told me professional Go players make between $100,000 and $million a year, depending on how many tournaments they win.

"Carry on, good man!" I told him.  Even Supreme Court justices need hobbies, right?

Nat, on her own, is reading things like "Daddy says we're going to grow vegetable soup." (Yes, from the book, wherein she also read "zucchini squash" which I can barely read myself) and "If you go outside today, be sure to take your umbrella."

I think she gained about a semester's worth of reading levels in about the past two weeks and I don't know how it happened.

Yeah, I'm bragging. Sorry, I can't help it.  The kid positively blows me away.

Comments

[Haitian-American Famiy of Three]

Wait, how old is she again? That is amazing! My two year old is just starting to point to letters and sayings "words mama?"

[Jody]

Adorable all around!