Lucy Reads to Pooh Bear in the Bathroom

Yesterday, while I was filming the clips below, I had the distinct realization that Lucy is no longer a baby. She really is a little toddler person. I was scrubbing the bathroom (right after I changed Lucy's diaper, which explains her simple outfit), and Lucy brought a book and her stuffed Pooh bear into the bathroom so she could be near me while I worked.

You'll have to forgive the filming location (in the bathroom) and her undershirt onesie, but I had to capture this scene as it was occurring. She already had been "reading" to Pooh for a few minutes before I started to film. On one hand, it was really neat to see her entertaining herself (especially because I could get some work done!). But I really loved seeing her play with her Pooh bear and "read" him books. Now I just need to teach her to not identify the green witch figure in her book as a "mommy" - oh dear!

Most people won't be able to understand what she is saying (and I can't understand everything myself), so I'll include a transcript of her dialogue below:



Lucy: Momma! Yeah, good job! Good job!
Clap!
Color? Yeah! Color!
Spider? Pooh [pause, to show she is asking a question]: [Where is] Spider?
[Lucy helps Pooh "point"]
A spider? Yeah! Spider!
Momma?
[Lucy helps Pooh "point"]
Good job! Good job!
Baby! See? Baby!
Fishies! Fishies! Yep, yep!
Mommy! Eyes, eyes, eyes! Nose.
Yep! Baby! Shirt [Lucy points to onesie}


Momma? Momma? Momma?
Witch!
Pooh - lap! Lap!
[Pooh points to witch]
Good job! Good job!
Fishies!
All done! All done! All done!
Baby!
Bubbles! [she sees her bubbles just beyond the camera]

I feel like Lucy's vocabulary is growing at an exponential rate. She is saying new words almost on a daily basis. It is fun to have her be so interactive and chatty, and I think she has gained a newfound confidence that she can really express herself. She feels like she can say the words that we say to her, so she is constantly trying to repeat words back to us. Yesterday evening we could hardly get her to stop talking so she could go to bed!