Its all in the words

Things are changing in the Dempster household as we race ever further away from life with two babies.  Patricks speech is going from strength to strength. I have to say that mine is better, he has worked out that I am a good student and if he points to something enough times then eventually I will say what it is! That aside, his favourite book is Old Macdonald and he loves to have you sing the song and then he tells you which animal is on the page. Interestingly he is not one for single word answers and so will say “its a cow” “its a sheep” etc.

So whilst Patrick has started saying more words Grace has started reading them. She has been exposed to reading books since she started school but only really started to show an interest after christmas. As is Graces way that meant that she picked it up really quickly and she is rattling through the site words and reading simple sentences. Mum bought her a collection of books at christmas and she loves to read them before bedtime. Of the 12 books she is up to 8 already and very keen to finish them. I find it interesting to watch how she learns, especially how much of it at this stage is memory and pattern based. She reads the words in her books but struggles to read the same words in a different setting.

The increase in words and spelling has made us laugh too. If we want to say something in front of the kids I have become quite quick at spelling out the words. Unfortunately now you can see Grace trying to work it out. The other day I was reprimanded when she told me “Mummy, if you speak like that then no-one will understand you!” Fun times.

As today is Valentines we have already started with pink smarties and mini rolos. Sadly, neither are for me but I’m sure Mr Dempster will be coming down the stairs with an enormous bunch of flowers any minute ………….. okay, so maybe I won’t hold my breath!