Talking

It seems that on Mondays, Elliot makes a huge jump in his language skills.  Why Mondays?  I have no clue, but it is totally amazing.

Last week he melted my heart.  We were in a very little second hand store.  He could not see me around the corner from where he was playing and I heard this, " Mama, where are you?"

His best question so far....."What can we do now?"
 
And his answers are getting more sophisticated.
     Andre:  What do you want to do?
     Elliot:   Nothing, just watch Peppa Pig. (A British cartoon that you can find on YouTube.)
All I can say is OH BOY!

Yesterday morning, I just had to bust out laughing.
     E:  It fits in the box! 
     Me:  It does?  Wow!
    E:  It fits in the box.  That's amazing!
     Me:  That is amazing!  (Actually meaning his vocab!)
And amazing is his new word.  The yellow house is amazing.  The red house is amazing.  And on we go!

And make me proud (I think), he said "uff da" yesterday.  And it was in the right context.  Wonder from whom he got that??????  Those little ears are everywhere!

And since he has started talking, he has started asking for specific Bible stories.  That is so amazing, wonderful and awe-inspiring to me.  Two and a half years of reading Bible stories are paying off.  We have started using a children's Bible that we got him for Christmas recommended from Aunt Amy--that is our favorite.  His favorite stories are Jesus healing the lame man, Jesus healing the blind man (he asks for the story with the mud and spit), Jesus going up, up, up (the ascension) and stories with Peter and John.  And today he asked for the story of Pentecost.  I asked him what happened on Pentecost.  His answer?  "I don't know."  But he knew the word Pentecost.  And I find that awe-inspiring.

Every new development is really neat, but this speaking one is FUN!!!

Sorry, if that was too much Elliot, but I have to keep records somehow!

Bunte Flecken

Bunte Flecken is translated as colorful spots.  Elliot has discovered painting and that is what he likes to paint--bunte Flecken!  Papi paints rainbows, Peppa Pig (a British cartoon character) and trains at Elliot's request and then he "paints" them.

Brave Papi  and a happy Elliot

1-10

I got Elliot to do one to ten in English the other day.  And his Papi got him to do one to ten in German.  Since Andre was home for Christmas (2 weeks straight), Elliot's German really picked up.  In fact, he was almost speaking just the one language.  But since Andre has gone back to work, I am hearing more English!  Music to my ears!  I know that once he hits kindergarten and school, we might not hear so much English, but I KNOW he understands!

 

Counting (mostly in English)

I have been trying to get a video like this for a few days now, but when I start the video he starts whispering!  Anyways,  we are making progress on counting!  This is a high definition video, so let me know if there are any problems and how it compares to the standard definition.  The standard takes up less space. :)