Last week, while Baba and Lolo (Stephen's parents) were still with us in D.C. the week after Christmas, Natalie suddenly offered to say the table prayer before dinner one night. Even before we all sit down at dinner now, she launches in with this: "God is great, and God is great [instead of good], and we thank Him for our food. Amen."
Natalie has had a fascination with buses for a few months. Lately, when we've all been in the car together going somewhere, she sees a bus and then proceeds to say, "Mommy see the bus? Daddy see the bus? Sasi (Lexi) see the bus?"
A few weeks ago, Sarah remarked on her Facebook page that Natalie had entered the "Why?" stage, and she was intensely asking that for two or three weeks. She was also asking "Mommy/Daddy, what doing?" all the time. She isn't asking these questions as much now - only on occasion. But now she's actually answering her questions when they are asked back to her. The other day, she asked what I was doing (it was something like eating my breakfast), and I told her, and then I asked it back to her, and she answered in a complete sentence!
And my mother gave me these details of an incident when they were visiting: Lexi and Natalie were in the basement TV room watching videos. It became Lexi's turn to choose a video. Natalie slammed the laptop shut and threw her little body across the computer, yelling, "It's my turn!"
Her speech is still getting better by the week!
