New words, etc

For those of you who like Jonah updates (he's 20-months old in a couple of days!!), here are some new words and phrases from Jonah: (keep in mind he doesn't say most of them perfectly, by any stretch of the imagination!)

Sometime in the last two months or so he picked up:
-heater
-skate
-ice
-net
-stick
-hammer
-nails

In the last two weeks or less:
-zamboni
-no way
-dirty hands
-dirty milk
-poo (my favorite phrase is "bye bye poo!")
-happy
-hairy
-cold
-potty
-snowball
-playdough
-hippo
-tire
-pipes
-library
-scarf

And I'm sure there are more that I can't recall! One slightly frustrating vocabulary change is that instead of saying "dah" for "yes", he has changed his "yes" to something that sounds more like "no", so now we're really working on having him say the 's' in 'yes' to reduce frustration on both ends!

He really enjoys painting (with sponges and sticks, "dot dot dot") and also likes playdough (usually wants to make either a snowman, or a hammer and nails).

And I still can't seem to get that boy to sing, although his interest in dancing has increased quite a bit. He is still quite interested in letters and words. If you have a book open, and ask him to find any of the following letters, he usually can do it: Oo, Ss, E and sometimes also T and B. When I spell his name, he will usually chime in for the o, n and h.

Since last Friday I would say Jonah has finally settled into life full-time with Miles! It has been such a relief for me. They still have their issues to work out but considering their ages, they are doing well playing together and enjoying eachother's company. With them being so close in age, I really have my hands full! I'm looking forward to the spring, when they have both matured some more.

Finally, I'm sick of this weather. LET IT SNOW!