The Many Faces of Scout
15 July 2007, 10:57
Scout has been increasing her vocabulary very slowly. Whilst her little “twin” up the road (born on same day in same hospital about an hour apart) swans through mother’s group articulating everything he sees; “Bubbles!” “Car – broom broom!”, “Pretty!” “Kin!” (yes, he can even say my name), Scout has been too busy with her feats of physical prowess such as climbing up the playground slides to be bothered with words. Although she understands just about anything we say, her vocab is limited to:
- Dadda (dad)
- Mummum (mum)
- Ets (yes)
- Deedee (teddy)
- Ba (bath)
- Eets dat? (who/what’s that?)
- Dis (this)
- Dat (that)
- Blora (Dora)
She does sing in reasonable tune though – “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, “Farmer in the Dell”, “Bear is now asleep” and the “Backpack Song” (from Dora the Explorer) are all part of her repertoire. “Twinkle Twinkle” goes something like this:
“Dadda, dadda, dadda da
Dadda, dadda, dadda da
Dadda, dadda, dadda da
Dadda, dadda, dadda da”
Did someone say “Dadda’s girl”?
In other news, Scout has finally called a truce with her friend Mali and has exchanged pouts, bites and bitch slaps for sweet tender kisses…
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