Talking away

Nina is trying to teach Vivian how to talk and a lot of cute/funny conversations have taken place.  Here are a couple of favorites:

N:  Vivian, can you say dog?

V:  daaawg

N:  Say Cat

V:  caaa

N:  Can you say giraffe?

V:  no

N: Vivian, can you say three?

V: reee!

N:  Good!  Can you say five?

V:  reee!

N: Hey dad, I asked her to say five and she said three, 'cause I'm three and she likes three.

After a few weeks of routine, the girls are continuing to show their differences.  Nina still hates waking up in the morning and cuddles with mom for a good 10 minutes before she opens her eyes.  The moment Vivian wakes up, she is excited, says hi, and often will give you a kiss for rescuing her from sleep.  They both like Barb's and stay very active.  Dad has started bringing an extra shirt to wear when he picks them up to keep clean.

Both girls still love picking up and carrying around rocks and other odd trinkets.  They try to find good spots for them, which means we find rocks everywhere - eg. in shoes, drawers, the piano bench, tupperware, behind the curtains, and even in oven mitts.  Nina still has quite the imagination and came up with a game using a box, crumpled up paper, and a lot of jumping which she called fu-tin-don.  Vivian couldn't keep the rules straight.