I'll Teach My Dog a lot of Words

"I'll Teach My Dog A lot of Words" (by Michael Firth - a Dr. Suess collection book)is one of Elizabeth's favorite books - she has a lot of favorite books, though...I mean a LOT of favorite books!

Anyway, I was trying to figure out what all words she can "say" (some signs help us figure out what she is saying)...here goes:

• Dada (her first word)
• Mama
• Nana
• Papa
• Anne (yes, Auntie Anne, she points to your picture and says Anne - two syllables, like you always wanted a two syllable name)
• Rara (for Aunt Rikki - when she's pointing to your picture)
• Up (definitely UP, with an emphatic sign)
• Bye-bye (waiving to herself, mostly!)
• Cat
• Kenny (for our dog, Kennedy)
• No, no, no
• Ea (for eat, with sign)
• Mo (for more, with sign)
• Wa (for water, with sign)
• All Gone (with sign, for when she is finished eating)
• Ba (for bath, with sign)
• Ball (with sign)
• Bobby (for Sponge Bob, they're close like that - her favorite TV show to watch with Dada)
• Happy
• Baby
• Sit (usually after we're yelling at her to SIT on the furniture rather than stand/jump on the furniture)
• Hey/Hi
• Yeah! (for anything deserving applause, like dancing or singing, staying out of something she isn't supposed to be meddling in, or putting books away)
• Ham
• Hat
• Head
• Hand
• Hug (E loves the book "Hug" with the monkey, Bobo, looking for a hug from his Mama!)
• Car (any moving vehicle)
• Cross (especially when she is digging in Grandma's shirt to see her cross necklace)
• Hot (like my coffee cup)
• Cold (every time the refrigerator door is opened, or usually when she is holding her milk)
• Shoe
• Apple
• Two
• Free (as in one, two, three!)
• Please (with sign - sometimes)
• Caca (not sure whether this is for Aunt Caca - or for the other kind of caca, both can be rather similar ;-) )
• SIGNS milk - refuses to say anything like it

Other super cute things (not that I am partial or anything) that she does relating to language are:

• She quacks - when she sees a picture of a duck
• She pants - when you ask her how the puppy goes
• She growls - when you ask her how Boomer (Nana & Papa's temperamental cat) goes
• When she give you a hug, you usually get "awww" to go with it
• And, when you get a kiss, you usually get a "mmma" to go with it

Just thought some of these may brighten your day! (Let me know if I'm leaving anything off either of these lists - I'll update if necessary!)