Lila's ABC...

I read somewhere once that each person is either strong in numbers or strong in letters.  To be strong in both is rare.  I don't know if it's true but I always think it's funny that Lila loves letters more than numbers.  We have these foam bath letters and numbers in her bathroom and she loves to play with them.  As a result, she has learned a few letters and uses them for certain words.  Some words are in Portuguese, some are in English.  Here's her list so far:

A: "abasso" (which is really supposed to be "abraço" which is P for "hug")
B: "boos-boos" (which is "Blue's Clues")
C: "cookie"
D: ...... she only says this one sometimes. ("dedo" which is P for "finger")
E:  she only does the sign language for this one which is "elephant"
F:  "Fankin" (which is "Franklin"...she used to like this cartoon until the age of about 18 months)
G:  "meow" (because "cat" in P is "gato")
H:  "high-five"
I: .......she doesn't say it, but picks the letter out if we ask "where is 'igreja?'"... "igreja" is P for "church".
J:  "zesus" (JESUS)
K: ...........nothing on this one yet.
L:  "Yaya" (Lila)
M:  "mamae" (which is P for mommy)
N:  "nenem" (she calls her favorite dolls "nenem" which in P is another word for "baby")
O:  "oh-oh" (I know it's supposed to be "UH-OH" but she learned this one on her own... :-)
P:  "papai" (which is P for daddy)
Q: ...............nothing on this one yet.
R: ...............nothing on this one yet.
S: "Samuel" (explanation: there's a DVD she likes to watch that explains who Samuel was in the Bible)
T: "titia" (which is P for "auntie")
U: ...........she only says this one sometimes. "Uva" (which is P for "grape")
V: "vovó" (which is P for grandma)
W: ..........she doesn't say it yet but we're teaching her "Wernher", her uncle's name (my brother).
X: ...........she doesn't say it yet but we're teaching her "xixi" which is P for "pee-pee". =)
Y: "ye-ye"...she picked this one up herself, from watching Kai-Lan...which means "grandpa" in Chinese!
Z: ............she doesn't say it yet but we're teaching her "zebra"

She can count to 10 in English and in Portuguese...although, she will occasionally skip the 7 or 8.  Another funny fact is that I made up a little song that says "quantos aninhos a Lila vai fazer?" (meaning something like: how old will Lila be soon?) and she responds filled with excitement: "TWO!!!" ...just like that!

Periodically, I'll pop in and add more of Lila's cute "anecdotes".
:-)
Be blessed today!
xoxo