Now I Know My ABC's

We tried to get Clara to say her ABC's a couple of months ago, but she got bored around D, so we laid off for awhile. We asked her again a couple of days ago and she surprised me and repeated all of them. She's a little busy doing her own thing in this video, but it's still seriously cute hearing her repeat them.

She doesn't actually know her ABC's yet of course, but she does anticipate the next letter some of the time. For instance, when I say "n", rather than repeat it, she'll say "o" sometimes. In case anyone is wondering, I don't drill her all day on her ABC's. I don't expect my 20 month old to know her alphabet, or her numbers or even how to eat with a spoon without making a mess. Though I'll admit that I would so love a mess-free meal once in awhile. I'm fully confident that she'll learn her letters and numbers at some point in her life. I just had to get it on video.

And while I'm on the topic of learning new things, I'm anticipating a huge leap in her speaking (or at least understanding) soon. She will come into the room, look directly at us and babble for a bit and then stop and wait for an answer. When we do answer (usually with an "ok"), she walks out of the room satisfied. I have no idea what we've agreed to, so hopefully she'll forget. She also has started repeating all kinds of words. It's usually the last word in the sentence that she repeats, but they've become very clear and she's doing it quite often. It's become more obvious that she understands what we're talking about. Most times.

So now, for your viewing pleasure......