Thursday, April 19, 2007

Words and Switzerland


We spent last week in Vevey in beautiful sunny weather, visiting Stefanie's family, walking by the lake and generally having a good time being in a small town.


A week in Switzerland seems to have worked wonders on Eli's language. The current word list includes:

bath

duck
bus
tea
car
voiture

boat
bateau
bee
main (as in hand)
house
bicycle
clock
digger
ant
apple
ball
moon
pates (as in pasta)
snow
bubble
star

His favourite probably being bee which is used for all small flying things.
Every day at the moment I hear him use a new word - today, key. Sometimes they get used again sometimes they are one off. It's a fascinating stage of development and goes hand in hand with increased appetite so chants of 'more' are becoming increasingly common!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Paul. Just looked at your pics from Switzerland, and had a rush of affection for you when I saw the one of you and Elias on the boat.. how you were holding him so lovingly and his little hand on yours, and I ruminated on the fact that I've known you for really quite a long time now (must be 17/18 years?) and we're both parents and... blah blah...you know! Just a sentimental Clare moment that I thought I'd share with you!! Lovely to hear that Elias' language is coming on so well.. it's fantastic when the words start flowing. Very exciting. Lots of love to Stephanie and Elias.. are you going to C & D's wedding? We are, but not bringing the boys. Hope to see you all then, and let's get together again sometime soon too. x