And God, please help Beren and me to shine brightly as jewels in your crown. And, please make me a pink one. And if you already have, then thank you.
–Lily, praying, quite a while ago but I forgot to post it
Shining
March 12th, 2009First lost tooth for Lily
October 17th, 2008Last night, as her group viola lesson was starting, that tiny little tooth wiggled out!
This morning, the tooth fairy had exchanged it for a dollar and three pieces of candy. I wonder if the tooth fairy is
immune to this global economic crisis thing?
First lost tooth
September 2nd, 2008Beren lost his first tooth today, a few days before his 7th birthday.
Looking at the tiny thing, we felt like it was only moments ago that we first noticed it in his mouth. He had a one-tooth smile, just as endearing in a new way as his toothless baby smile.
Now he has a minus-one-tooth smile, but it’s just as endearing, in a new way, as his perfect baby tooth smile.
Some till their ground, but let weeds choke their son
August 4th, 2008Cirdan’s current lexicon
March 12th, 2008It’s been almost exactly a year we last wrote about Cirdan’s “talking”. His current lexicon, sorted again by frequency:
| Mnyaa! | “match”, either things that match or matches for striking a flame |
|---|---|
| Mama | Mama |
| Lahlah | Grandma, especially Gmom |
| Baba! | Papa |
| Baba AH! | Papa, I’d like your help or attention on this matter. |
| Nana! | Liliana |
| Mooh | milk |
| Boo | blue |
| Boo Mooh!!! | 2% or 1% milk |
| NO | no |
| ‘ihhhh | high |
| COCOA BEEBEE | his small puppy, Baby Cocoa |
| COCOA MAMA | Mama Cocoa |
| Luke | ukulele |
| Ipp | pick |
| Nih! | mandolin |
| Tahh | guitar |
| Ahhw, Ahhw, Ahhw | octave mandolin |
| Nahe | blanket |
| O | Cheerios™ |
| Caww, caww | raisins (Beren coined that one but we taught it to Cirdan) |
| DihwDeh | Cirdan |
| DihwDeh Diddih | I did it |
He actually communicates his thoughts pretty well. It’ll be nice when he can enunciate a little more clearly, but it’s fun to remember his idiosyncrasies. He’s learning language a lot like Beren did.
Lily’s funnest recent word is “weller”, as in “You’re doing that weller now, Cirdan, GOOD JOB!” Shouldn’t that logically be more correct than “better” as a comparative adverb?