It seems that Mio’s vocabulary has grown by leaps and bounds the past couple months, and it’s really fun to hear what she’s saying while she’s playing by herself or with us, or even with Mirei. Here are some videos we took of her recently.
“Quack! Quack!”
The other day, I found her chatting with Mirei while I left them alone for a moment. When I started recording, though, Mio clammed up.
Being playful with blankets:
Today, I found Mio playing with her toy banjo and singing — she sang “Baa Baa Black Sheep,” the alphabet song, and then “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on her own, without me saying anything. I thought it was really interesting that she happened to pick those three particular songs and sang them consecutively, one after another. Could it be that she’s figured out that they all share the same melody?
In recent months, Mio’s really taken an interest in building blocks and puzzles. With her blocks, she usually likes to just stack them as high as she can and proudly proclaims, “tower!” when she’s done, before knocking it over and saying, “tower fall down!” She loves playing blocks with Daddy because he helps her build more complex structures — today, Mio called me over to proudly show me their “robot” creation.
Here’s a video of a separate occasion of Mio and Daddy building with her magnetic Tegu blocks:
Lately, Mio will break out into dance upon hearing music, repeatedly chanting, “Shake booty, shake booty!” Never fails to make us laugh!
Here are a couple videos I took recently of Mirei on the cradle swing. She seems to like the swing and bouncer and they seem to help lull her to sleep at times.
Below is a video of Mio on the same swing (a gift from Dan’s parents when Mio was born) when she was 5 weeks old. Notice the similar grumpy/sleepy expressions… haha*
Below are some more photos of Mirei from the past few days…
