Oh say can you say?

New pictures (play dough magic, making soup, changing baby's diaper)

What a winter it's been! After never ending open houses, we finally found our new home. Sammy came to the inspection and gave us her seal of approval by taking a nice long nap in the new house. More about the house later. What I really wanted to write about is that our kiddo is talking. She's been saying so many new words that I want to capture them all before I forget what they were. Some of them require a translation from Samanthese to English.

English words:

• "Mantha" -- Samantha
• "Biyaba, biyaba, biya-biyaba" -- Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
• "Wizi" -- Kiwi
• "Kaka" -- cracker
• "Ea" - eat
• "Abaka" -- Aquaphore
• Apple
• Cheese
• Pasta
• Eyes, Ears, Nose, Mouth, Teeth
• Shoes, Hat
• Tree
• Snow (pronounced as "no")
• Water
• Paccy
• Me too!

Russian words:

• "Dulya" -- Dedulya (Grandpa), also used to refer to Grandma
• "Baba" -- Babushka (Grandma)
• Apelsin -- Orange
• Nozh -- Knife
• Oblako -- Cloud
• Kukla -- Doll
• Peet' - Drink
• Voda -- Water
• Palka -- stick
• Krug, romb, oval -- Circle, diamond, oval

We've been playing with play dough and painting a lot too.