21 months young

Um... when did she get this old?

for some of us it was a long ride to the beach.

This post was going to be strictly about our beach trip (which was fabulous), but first I must acknowledge the milestone of Emilia's birthday.

New words: bap (bread), frio (cold), tite (stickers), flor (flor/flower), voy! (I'm coming!), oh baby!, sub (subir/go up), moco (mosco/bug), paya (playa/beach), goes (for George, as in Curious G.), hoja (leaf), hup (help), hummy (hummus), bus, cars.

trying on Papa's shoes.

Loves: buses and cars for sure. There was a kid at the beach who had the massive tonka trucks - I practically had to hold her back from wrenching them out of his hands. She loves to give five (her technique is really spectacular - must document), and can state her age (shows age simultaneously). Also, she's picked up counting in Spanish, but instead of counting "uno, dos, tres, cuatro" (1,2,3,4) she counts "uno, dos, tres, siete" (one, two, three, seven). Apparently she uses a base 4 mathematical system. Water is a massive fave now, most especially the beach. She really loved it this weekend - we practically had to drag her off the beach.

exhausted on the beach. she would lay down and close her eyes in her tent, but refused to fall asleep.

Travesuras: I can't really think of any new naughty things she's doing. Mostly her naughty-ness stems from the occasional tantrum (though I must say those have diminshed recently), and the occasional meltdown. She still loves to climb all over everything, but at least I've now turned that in to her climbing into her high chair for meals.

sheer joy.

the ride home - Emi loved looking at some books until she took a snooze.