[23 months] Talkative

Sam knows many words and talks all the time.

You have to decode what he says though. "Nanni" is 'Iin the night garden', his favourite program and "Nonni" is 'Thomas'. "Ta-tu" is thank you and "You-ee" is lolly. He was introduced to lolly during the long car ride this holiday and every 2 minutes, we heard 'you-ee?' coming from the back seat. He also asked 'why' when we asked him to do things, no doubt getting this from Lara. He is great at passing things to Lara and like all kids, will choose the biggest food item while passing the smaller potion to Lara. In the morning when I tell Lara to 'get ready to go' if we are going somewhere, and if Lara is not 'getting ready', Sam would go up to Lara and shouted 'weedy to doe wa wa'. In fact, he really like to shout 'instructions' to Lara. (probably copying me...) He calls himself 'Nam' and like any two-year-old, he likes to do things himself 'Nam do it' he says.

Sam likes to sing 'ee-i-ee-i-o' in 'Old MacDonald had a farm' and he does all the animal noises at the right place. He dances every time the volin music is on. He also knows the tune to 'twinkle', 'lightly row' and some other violin songs and humming every time the CD is on or Lara is playing. We don't let him touch Lara's violin in case he breaks it, but I'm thinking of making a 'box violin' using a ruler and a tissue box for him later. This is him playing violin with a friend's daughter's violin (a cheap one she bought overseas as a toy for her daughter)