Sempi’s new obsession is playing police. Every chance he gets, he recruits me and Vian to play police. Sempi: Appa, let’s play police. You can be the bad guy and I’ll be police Me: Ok! Vian, what are you going to be? A good guy or a bad guy? Vian: I’m batman. Me: I see, so is batman a good guy or a bad guy? Vian: No appa, I’m batman. Me: Alrighty then....

It is freezing outside. We bundle up and go out to explore. When we got back to our lodging it was warm and cozy. Yoshi decided to make everyone hot cocoa. She brings the cups of hot cocoa and the bag of marshmallows. Yoshi: Vian, how old are you? Vian: Two! Yoshi: You can have 2 marshmallows for your hot chocolate. Vian: Yay! (and proceeds to grab a handful of marshmallows and dumps it into his hot chocolate)....

We don’t have any wiretap devices like Google Home or Amazon Echo at our house. So whenever we encounter on in the wild the kids get excited about talking to them. We went on a vacation where the AirBnB had a Google version of the wiretap. So Sempi requested it to tell him a story and was pleased with the results. Vian decided that he will try his luck on this device....

Sempi is really into superheroes and police. The other day I was walking him to school and he tells me, Sempi: Appa, can I tell you a secret? Me: Yeah. Sempi (whispers): My secret identity is (redacted). Me: Wow, really? Why didn’t you tell me sooner, I could have used your powers to crush the boxes in the recycling bins. Sempi: You can’t tell anyone. Well, maybe just amma, but no one else....

Vian is still having trouble pronouncing the sound ‘ka’. He uses the sound ‘ta’ when he tries to say ‘ka’. See previous post for some examples. We’re reading a picture book on the couch. Vian: What is this? Me: That is a farm. Vian: Farm!? Vian: What is this? Me: That’s a chicken. Vian: A Tciten? Me: Yeah a chicken. I noticed that his pronunciation of “Tciten” is suspiciously close to how he would pronounce “Kitchen”....