sydney speak

September 28, 2010

Sydney sang the days of the week for us recently. Here is her highly accredited version:

Taturday, Tunday, Monday, Tuesday, Taturday!

That's my kind of week, my friends.


September 15, 2009:

Coo-coo. The first time we heard her say it was while having a bite of Mark's cookie dough ice cream. Oh, the look of sheer delight on her face!


August 13, 2009:

Sydney can communicate pretty well these days, if you know her lingo. Here are a few more words she says:

Kuh (truck)
Kah (car)
Goaaaaa (Goat) - this one cracked me up. She was looking at a metal artform that just happened to look like a goat. I didn't even know she knew what a goat was, let alone a metal sculpture goat!
Mooo (moon) (also, moo)
woowoo (dog) how cute is that?

And here is a typical conversation that you might hear in the car:

Sydney: Eye-ya! Kuh!

Elisabeth: (insert higher than normal voice) Yeah! A truck! Good Jahhhhhb Sydney!

Sydney: Mama!

Me: Yes Sydney?Sydney: Kuh!Me: That's right, it's a truck!

Sydney: Dada!Mark: Yes, Sydney!Sydney: Ah Kuh!

Mark: Yes Sydney, a truck!

Sydney: Eye-ya! Kuh!

You get the idea.

When Sydney sees something of interest, she points it out to every single one of us. It's adorable, and of course we play along!

August 5, 2009:

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new favorite word, and it goes a little something like this:

Nahoh. NAhoh. NAHOH!

(I'm pretty sure I don't have to translate this one, but just in case: it's "no. No. NO!")

June 1, 2009:

Sydney is starting to put multiple babbles into one complete babble sentence! It goes something like this:

MaMA diDEE diDEE ah cahh?

BaBa a mama a bah?

I don't know what either of those mean, but it's the cutest thing I have ever heard! This is one of my favorite ages. (I actually say that about a lot of ages, but really, this is truly on the top of the list!) This is where a little person starts to communicate with the world using the same words (or attempting to) that we do. And in the sweetest little toddler voice. A voice that we should cherish, because it won't be around forever! I love listening to children and toddlers talk.

May 14, 2009:

Here are a few of Sydney's words:

Ah Dada? (Where's Daddy?)
Ah Mama? (Where's Momma?)
Ah Joejen? (Where's Jordan?)
(you get the idea on the "Ah" - she asks this a lot. She's very curious!
Chacha (Charlie)
This is one of our faves: Aye-ya (Ellie)
Dadeeeeee (kittyyyyy)
MaMAH? (MORE?)
MaMih? (More milk?)
Jih (juice)

Of course all of these need to be read in a high pitched voice and read fast because that is how it would sound. They usually end in question intonation as well. (You know, if you want to be technical.)