Cagalli's Corner

I'm making a tabblo for this set... but here's a teaser for now :)



She's growing up so fast!

Ok, I know a lot of you have been waiting for new pictures or videos of Kalli, so here they are. Sorry the orientation is wrong again. I keep forgetting that you can't rotate videos :( Anyhoo, up-side-down or down-side-up, I'm sure you'll enjoy these :)

KALLI COUNTING AT 20 MONTHS



Notice how she even tries to correct her pronunciation? ;) Mommy's so proud!

KALLI'S FULL SENTENCE

Ok, I told you about this before right? Well in case you didn't believe me.... (hehehe)



Until next post!

Kalli was trying to wake her tita LA the other morning when she saw the basketball on the shelf. She asked me for the ball saying "ball, ball". I told her "may?". She thought for a moment, then slowly said "MAY I HAVE BALL PIS?" Oh my goodness, my baby's talking in sentences now! Hahaha, tita LA was quite shocked. I too was a little surprised that she got all the words correctly, though I was hopeful she would. She actually has been practicing the night before. At first I didn't realize what she was doing. She kept saying the words "have", "I" "pis" (please), "may". Understanding dawned on me when she told me "MOMMY, MAY HAVE NOAH PIS?" (Note that Noah is her book). I was so proud of her then, even though she forgot the word "I". She really is a smart kid :)

Since then she has spoken these sentences on her own (without prompting):

• "May I have mamam pis?" - when she was asking for the milk yesterday
• "May I have buds pis?" - when I was trying to put her to sleep last night. She loves it when I clean her ear with the cotton buds.
• "Mom pis?" - meaning "more please"
• "May I have donut pis?" - just this morning at breakfast

She tries really hard, though sometimes the words "I" and "May" drops off. Or sometimes the order is wrong like "May have I..." Still, I think she's quite amazing given that she's only 20 months old. I'm SOOO proud of my baby girl :)

Kalli and I were playing on the bed last night when I asked her if she wanted to read a book. She nodded her head and sat on the corner to wait for me to get one. Kalli loves her books and she remembers all of them. I usually make her choose which one she wants to read, and so last night I asked her again.

MOMMY: Kalli, what book do you want?
KALLI: ship ship (nodding her head quite vigorously)

I thought for a moment, what could she mean? Then I remembered her Brainy Baby Shapes and Colors book. She probably meant Shapes.

MOMMY: Oh, you want Shapes and Colors?
KALLI: mommy ship ship
MOMMY: Shapes? Shapes?
KALLI: ship ship
MOMMY: Yes baby, shapes
KALLI: No mommy no. Ship ship.
MOMMY: Boat? You want little mermaid? (thinking yaya might have told her about Prince Eric's ship)
KALLI: Mommy no. ship

I paused and looked at her.

KALLI (nodding her head like she's talking to a baby): ship ship mommy... baaah baaahhh

Hahaha! Well of course she meant sheep! Now why didn't I think of that??? Well, in my defense, she has never called the sheep "ship" before. She has always called it "baaaah" (just as she calls the cow "mooo"). But then she learns so many things everyday, I shouldn't have been surprised :)

So I took out her "Old McDonald" book and her "Brainy Baby Animals" book from the cabinet and showed it to her. She nodded her head happily and waited for me on the bed.

And then we started reading :)

I just posted the suppliers for Kalli's 1st birthday party but I set the date to December 2007 (since sobrang tagal na nya, hahaha). If you want to read it, you can visit the link below:
http://cagalli-corner.blogspot.com/2007/10/kallis-harry-potter-bash-story-and.html

I'll try to post Kali's latest pictures and videos soon.

Kalli has a lot of toys. And I mean A LOT! She gets them from practically everyone. All of them seem to want to spoil her. Tita "Ey ey" (Kalli talk for LA), however, has the record for the most number of "pasalubong". We don't even know where to put them anymore.

Anyway, Kalli loves all of her toys. I guess one big reason why everyone keeps giving her stuff is because you can really see on her face how much she appreciates them. She gets all twinkly eyed and excited when you tell her you have "pasalubong". And that's not just for toys. She appreciates everything - clothes, food, even things that are really not for her! And she has learned to say "thank you" too (actually that's ngengoo, hahaha) - so that's added consuelo ;)

But I digress...

Of all her toys, her favorite are her stuffed animals. She cuddles them, talks to them, plays with them... she knows all their names.

But her most favorite of all is Winnie the Pooh.

Pooh is tita LA's old toy that Kalli made her own. And Pooh is her best friend. She plays with Pooh all the time. She makes Pooh drink her milk (with the bottle cap on of course). She carries him on her arms and pretends to put him to sleep (and that's pretty difficult for her since Pooh is just a little smaller than her). She plays her blocks with Pooh, making him hold them and move them around. She dances with Pooh, making him do her dance steps (with mommy's help of course). She sings to him, reads to him and teaches him her flashcards. When Kalli's not in the mood to learn her cards, I usually tell her to teach Pooh. She would then tell Pooh what the letters or the drawings are on the cards.

Lots of times she wouldn't wear her nappy unless Pooh wears one too. At first I used the XXL left-over nappies from my baby shower games. When they were gone, grandma used the"lampin" (cloth diapers) for Pooh's nappy. You would also find Pooh wearing some of Kalli clothes sometimes. And when I dry her and powder her after a bath, I would also need to dry and powder Pooh too. I sometimes feel like I have 2 kids! Lately Kalli has also learned to seek Pooh for comfort. When she's in a tantrum, she'd go to Pooh, hug him tight or lay her head on Pooh's tummy and cry "Pooh, Pooh". Kala mo inapi! She's such a drama queen, hahaha.

Anyway, Leo and I are thinking that maybe she wants to have a brother or a sister already. Or maybe she just needs another kid to play with since all her playmates are grown-ups. Or maybe kids are just like that - playing pretend and making use of their imagination.

I don't think it's harmful to Kalli to have Pooh as her best friend. I actually find it quite adorable.

Don't you? :)