naughty ant/ reach/ run/ tiptoe/ big hugs

just to continue from yesterday's post about the bean's ant bite...

this morning she wandered into the bathroom where dh was in the midst of his morning ablutions. there she pointed to the bathtub, repeating the words, "nauh anh".

dh was a bit nonplussed at first but then he understood. the bean was saying "naughty ant", showing him where the ant bite had taken place.

it is remarkable how, in the last 10 days or so, the bean has started stringing together rudimentary sentences.

anyhoo, today she began this fixation on "reee", where she would almost get up on tiptoe and raise her arms high. i later figured out she meant "reach". i don't know where she got this action from - the wiggles? little einsteins maybe? i think there is one segment on little einsteins when the kids exhort the audience to "raise your arms" (before yelling blast off) and perhaps that's where the bean has copied this from.

also today, she nearly tried tiptoeing. first time really that i had seen this. or at least it's the first time she deliberately brought it to my attention, by treading more carefully across the floor and saying, "teeh toe".

'tiptoe' came after she did a series of runs (called "wuns" - she does speak like a chinese who can't roll 'r's ) - she likes to back up some distance then 'run' (more like speed walk) into my outstretched arms. occasionally, she would modify the runs by spreading her arms wide, fall into my arms, and exclaim, "beee hug!" (i.e. big hug.)