Polly-syllablic

Yes, our little Penny has become quite a roly poly Polly the Parrot. She continues to eat well, enjoy her milk, and since a few days ago, has taken to parroting a lot of what we say... even the multisyllabic words, and more than one word a time. Now I'm a great deal more aware of some of my favourite words--"alright" and "okay" being two of them.

Some quick examples include:
"knock knock" when she goes to Dad's study to call him
"auntie" very loudly, stressing both syllables
"robot" (when I was sharing with my mum about how she sounds robotic at times)
"good-mor-ning" said with some effort, and most empathically
"good-night"
"shlide Mama" (slide, Mama)
"okay"
"awright"
"water"
"read book" + " 'gain"
"ball lost... oh" at the playground below my parents' place
"shot shot tow" (short short tower--variation of "tall tall tower")
and the one my parents are especially proud of in recent days:
"Gramma" and "Granpa".

So active she's got to catch some sleep on the go...

... on our way to the MRT from church last Sunday. See the two piggies soundly asleep? (No, we usually do not bring along a stuffed toy; this was a gift from a church friend--and a timely one at that!)

New poses

These were taken again on Loy's Nokia (our good old digicam bought in Toronto has been acting up) while we were finishing up a satisfying O'Brian's irish sandwich lunch at Jelita after our now-usual Saturday morning swim at my school. I just love Penny's many varied expressions. Got that from her dad I suppose :)

At the Botanical Gardens with Mama and Dada

Penny's first visit to the new and improved Gardens (complete with air-conditioned food court--how Singaporean) was with Nai Nai and Ye Ye but since we do not currently have photos of that trip, here are three taken on Loy's Nokia about 3 weeks ago. See Penny's confident stride!

At the local fair price supermarket NTUC

These are especially for our dear Singaporean friends overseas... you know who you are.

More...

(Penny in her car seat in Grandpa's car; at Bukit Timah Plaza where we frequent for groceries; and picking up a strand of fried kuey teow at the Penang Restaurant in Singapore)

As usual, I am getting the feeling that Penny's growing up so fast... the word "baby" doesn't properly apply anymore even though we still often use it. She seems to have put on more weight, and is ever more the "one solid baby" as a friend once put it. This solid baby has been enjoying herself outside the home and within. Just to name a very few examples, she's been going to places such as the Botanical Gardens and the Jurong Bird Park with Ye Ye and Nai Nai; going swimming with us or with Grandma and Grandpa; and entertaining quite a few guests at our humble home over the last few weeks.

This entry's titled "More" as I feel there is so much more to say, and to preserve as written memories but sleepiness overcomes me and even if I wrote more, there would still be more to write. "More" also happens to be one of her favourite words still in her current repertoire of some... 30+ words. She's more of an expert in monosyllabic expressions rather than multisyllabic ones, often reminding herself she has to "wait", repeats "keep" in a robotic type voice when we put the toys away for the evening, enthusiastically asks for "joos", sometimes correctly identifying the colours "red" and "boo", going "um" for "umbrella" and "good"-"mor"-"ning". Duplicated two syllabic words are also usually successfully imitated, words such as "turtle", "bubble" and "purple". "Babes" and "Apple", however, have been articulated quite well since about a month ago. Sometimes she also manages words such as "happy", "amen" and "again" (usually preceded by empathic nods and "weed" for "read"!). At this point, however, her number one favourite word she's tried so far unsuccessfully to pronounce with any improving semblance of accuracy would definitely be "milk milk", which comes out as "nuk nuk".