Just noting for the record that this morning Maddie has been making her first deliberate consonant sounds. She says “buh” and “puh” and something like “pbthhh”. The last sound seems to occur when she’s trying to make a B or P sound but can’t get her tongue out of the way. She’s very proud of herself and definitely seems to know she’s accomplished something… and keeps trying to reproduce her successes.
We can give her lots of extra attention this weekend because Molli Malou went up to the summerhouse Friday morning and is staying up there until Sunday. She, too, was very proud of herself. Trine said she could take a roll-aboard suitcase up with her, and Molli Malou was so excited she insisted Trine bring it into her bedroom Thursday night.
Trine obliged.
“Mor? Can I go down on the floor just for a minute and touch it?”
The next morning Gert and I were sitting in the living room with Maddie very early. Suddenly we heard the kitchen door open, then the sound of wheels rolling along the floor. A moment later Molli Malou came around the bend of the bar, in her nightgown, hair still tousled, wiping sleep from her eye with one hand and dragging the rollaboard with the other.
“Look morfar,” she said very happily through a yawn, “I have my own suitcase!”
I have never seen her prouder of or more excited about luggage.
I probably never will.
What a lovely storey. A case for Molli.