The Dennis-Ferguson Family of Lake Balboa a.k.a. Van Nuys, CA: May 2013

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

A Reading Medal for Ella, 4th Grade

Number of tests taken: 62
Total points: 114.6
Types of books read: Magic Tree House series, Ramona Quimby series, Holes (favorite, read 4 times), Baby Mouse series, Wimpy Kid series, Dumb Diary series, Wayside School series, Weird School series.

Fourth Grade was great! Almost done, on to Fifth Grade, last year of Elementary School!

Felix Signs and Speaks

4 yrs To infinity... and DION!
44 mos once upon a time there was a Li'l Mo Peet and Elmo & Telly went to find Li'l Mo Peet's cow... (recounting Sesame St about Little Bo Peep)
43 mos I have terrible eyes! (red-eye)
42 mos runners (sneakers), Ired Man (Iron Man)
39 mos I hear a chippy-bird. It smells cookie in here (going down the baking aisle at the market). Close the window, my haircut is getting windy.
36 mos I love candy! (on Halloween)
35 mos Ella, I got these (ice cream sandwiches) at Trader Joe's; Thank You to me! I have Halloween eyes (red-eye).
34 mos sings songs with different consonants eg. Bappy Birthday Bo Bou; I want a light blue bunny for my birthday.
33 mos Ella could you do Mappy? I wish I could have a dog for my birthday.
32 mos sings: "Schommelen, schommelen, heen en weer" all the way through
31 mos Mama, could I kiss you on the nose? Mama, could you sing "Rock-a-bye-baby-in-the-treetop-when-the-wind-blows-the-cradle-will-rock"? Sings: "Slaap 'es kindje, slaapje"
30 mos Excuse me, could I come in? Mama, could you sit with me?
28 mos "I love you, Mama" (about 30x a day), my favorite color is blue, Dada Toots ate your long legs.
27 mos bamboomps (baboons), "I want elephant my birthday", bumped (burped)
26 mos Sings Jingle Bells, Zippy-Doo-Dah, Baby Songs, We Wish You A Merry Christmas. At dinnertime Felix: Dada, need fork. Ella: I need one too! Felix: No Ella, no fork, use fingers!, Me do it/Do it by self

25 mos is it _____? Dada, bag too heavy, caterpillar, Brown bear brown bear what you see? I see red bird look at me... etc. (to the end of the book)

24 mos words: Where's _____ ?, "Squirrel! where are you?" peanut-butter, water-fountain, dragon-fly, grasshopper, I did it, paste! ME do it! cucumber,

23 months words: jumper, band-aid, hurt, dirty, how 'bout this one?, Happy (birthday) to you (x4, the song), sings along with "Dreams", microwave
signs: hurt, dirty, red, purple

22 months words: empty, baby carrot, tunnel, oh no!, boat, windy, fish, (veggie!) corn dog, no more, (s)coot, pa(s)ta, hold, pancake, Sunny, Brennah, Bodhi (neighbor dogs), duck, milk, Sean, Daniel, pool, noodle, bread, pretty, dipey wet, high five, clean up... aby share! (the clean-up song: clean up everybody do your share), princess, wawa (chihuahua), jumper
signs: boat, pancake, spider, hurt, dirty, jump

21 months words: help, open, cut, watch, crying
signs: dinosaur, blue

20 months words: swing, mumpey (monkey), come, on, off, fall, jump, head, ear, hair, fan, tongue, chin, ice, torti(lla), please, peas

19 months signs: all done, cracker, cow
words: all done, Hopey GRRRR, bouncy, fartie, Nij-tie (Nijntje), pa (paard), ho (horse), bumpy

18 months signs: bug
words: bobo (BeeBo the Baby Signs Bear, usually followed by "No!"), nay (other one), tow (throw), didi (DVD), rai(sin), geh (again), bug/bee, frog (sort of), ma(p), ba(ck)-pa(ck)

17 months signs: water! daddy (with 2 hands)
words: open, da(nce), bubbles, happy! YeYe (Janet or maybe it's stroller), eyes, bleh! (feet dirty), turtle

16 months signs: chick, hot
words: mine! peeeepeeeeepeeeee (& puts head on my shoulder = sleepies), GO!, nice, apple, shoe("tue"), draw, door, car, yogurt("oko"), out-out-out, bubbles, cheese, (s)quirrel

15 months signs: elephant
words: babby (baby), bapo (apple), pa (uppa = up), da (down), doggie, Elmo

14 months signs: Big Bird (big + bird)
words: daw (draw), Doa (Dora), moo-moo (cow), baa-baa (sheep), teetee (teacher from "Brown Bear"), cookie, Ad-ah (Adam, friend at daycare), no-no,

13 months signs: toothbrush, telephone, Dora, ball, bunny, kissing
words: momo (Elmo), kakah (cracker), dudu (Dora "as in du-dudu-dudu Dora!")
12 months signs: airplane, (how big is Felix?) SOOOO big!, balloon, diaper, points, hat, flower/tissue (same sign), hairbrush, squirrel, horse
words - (peeka)boo!, bop bop, (o)ma, uh-uh/boom (when he drops something)

11 months signs: gentle, FROG! nightlight/light

10 months signs: bath, dog, fish, horse, bye-bye
words: Mama

9 months
words - Dada
signs - milk
8 months
words - KEE, KEE KA (kitty cat), EYA (Ella)
signs - more, fish

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