Leyla at 20 Months

Leyla is growing up so fast! She is learning new things every day! Some things she has learned recently:

• she finally says "Maria" well and talks about Maria constantly; she walks around the house scolding her "pow pow, Maria!" nonstop. She has become very verbal, if she wasn't already...
• She says "ain" for "ant" and points out all the little animals and bugs she sees; also her aunt Bartola taught her to smush them with her shoes, which she does mercilessly;
• she says "ma" or "mi" when she wants something - either she is trying to say "dame" (give me in Spanish) or just saying "me," because she wants it for herself.
• She loves ranch dressing and will get it out of the fridge if you open it for her!
• She will grab your hand and look at you, then say "Vamos!" when she wants you to go somewhere with her :)
• She says "wooo" when she wants in the swing or hammock.
• Today, she handed me several books and was saying "boo," so I really think she was trying to say book, too.
• She loves to play with her baby dolls, pushes them in the swings, puts them in the high chair and tries to feed them, rocks them to sleep, and tries to change their diapers :)

 Leyla came to school the other day for a birthday party of one of my 8th graders.

 She had a lot of fun with the pinata!

 Go Leyla!

Nice quiet time with Daddy! Leyla loves her daddy and asks for him more and more; she is becoming quite a Daddy's Girl! She will say "daddy" whenever she sees any of his things or a truck! When she sees the headlights of the truck coming home at night she screams "Dadda!" and runs out to the gate to hop in the cab and drive in with him. She is so sweet to watch :)