Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Way back WHEN sday and Wordful Wednesday

Following on Monday's photo of The Boys learning words, I dug out my old photos and started looking for The Little Miss learning from the same book. She had the astounding vocabulary of more than 50 words at 18 months, was busy making little sentences and was fully bilingual by 28 months. I have no such hope for my boys but they are learning fast. (Edited to add - most South Africans are at least bilingual as adults)

Timeline: End of August 2006
Place: Vergelegen near Lydenburg in the Mpumalanga province.
Age: 19 months
We had a great weekend with 2 of my cousins and aunt at this stunningly beautiful place. Here she and granny are busy learning new pets.
For some more blasts from the past, head over to Cheryl's and play along and if like me, and Angie at 7 Clown circus's Wordful Wednesday you have to "talk" about your photographs, head over there to have a look as well.
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15 comments:

  1. Carebear25 February 2009 at 10:42

    Wow, bilingual at 28 months. Mine is 29 months and can't even pee on the potty chair. I'm impressed!

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  2. Hootin Anni25 February 2009 at 12:46

    Bilingual even!!! Astounding.

    Happy Wordful to you today. If you can, stop by for my 'twin towers', I'd love your company.

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  3. Anonymous25 February 2009 at 15:26

    Awwww....that makes me miss my granny! Cute photo!

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  4. Simply AnonyMom25 February 2009 at 15:28

    She's mighty cute. She sounds very smart.

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  5. Terri25 February 2009 at 16:34

    WOW! What a smart little cookie! I would love to learn a second language! More importantly, I would love to be able to teach my children a second language!

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  6. Unknown25 February 2009 at 16:45

    Wow! Bilingual at such a young age!! Amazing. Forgive me if this answer is obvious, but what other language do you speak?

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  7. Candice25 February 2009 at 18:26

    Wow...that's amazing.

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  8. Teri25 February 2009 at 19:00

    Oh my, I had a hard enough time learning French in college these last couple of years. I will be fine as long as I can just order water or ask what the time is.

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  9. Nina25 February 2009 at 21:30

    That is so great to be bilingual at such a young age.

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  10. Claremont First Ward25 February 2009 at 22:46

    My girls talked before my boys.....but only in ONE language! :) I'm so glad you played along today!

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  11. Karen26 February 2009 at 01:40

    That is a photo Little Miss will love all her life.

    I think girls talk younger. My cousin has twins and her doctor told her twins usually talk later than singles. Hers did talk a little later but you would never know it now.

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  12. Rachael Schirano \\ Rachael Schirano Photography26 February 2009 at 02:27

    we have that book! they just tore it apart today :( my girls have giant vocabularies as well, but james isn't quite as wordy.

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  13. Cheryl Lage26 February 2009 at 04:32

    My mom to this day continues to remind me of my goal of speaking 9 languages by the time I graduated from college. Embarrassingly, I'd be generous in saying I spoke MAYBE 1.5! (Now, barely 1!)

    Kudos to your Little Miss on her bilingual abilities...and to you for fostering them and being justly proud!

    Thank you for playing along with Way Back When-esday, Cat!

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  14. debi9kids26 February 2009 at 06:19

    What a sweet photo and such a smartie! Very impressive!

    Which 2 languages does she speak?

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  15. Simply Sara26 February 2009 at 17:16

    Wow! What a smart little angel!
    My daughter's almost two and is just starting to say a few words!
    Sweet picture :)

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