Bragging Rights

We did a quick count this morning of how many words they know--specifically those they actually say and understand, as they know a lot of others they do not yet say back, such as commands. So far we are up to 80 words. "The books" say toddlers should know about 50 words by the time they turn 2 and "may even" know 50 words by the time they are 18 months. They are 17 months, not taking into account the -2 months accounted for being preemies so I just had to leave a short post remarking how proud we are of our little talkers!!

Where is the Shoe?

Grandma Gaub and I were getting the girls ready to go for a walk today (thrift store shopping, actually). She put one shoe one Ella and went to get the second but could not find it. I couldnt find it anywhere, either. I knew they had both there, but then...one was just *gone*. Luckily, we have TWO pairs of this shoe (go figure!), so I grabbed the right shoe to the other pair and we went about our walk. A couple of hours later, we returned home. Grandma was helping Ella take off her shoes and we found the shoe! Can you find it? (I seriously cant believe we didnt see it for two hours...)
(Nora was not very happy here. Surprise, surprise she wanted Mama to hold her).

Ella Bella