The other morning Emma and I were in the kitchen while I was fixing her breakfast. She has been practicing words and repeating random things I say as was the case that morning. (I think it was Monday or Tuesday morning.) I gave her something (maybe a piece of fruit I was chopping- isn't it terrible how quickly the mind goes?) and said, "Can you say thank you, Emma?" This is a common practice, and in the past she has signed thank you with her hand. That morning she said a very tentative, "Thank you." My heart melted right there.
From that point on she kept saying "thank you" until she was confident with the sounds. Of course, the th sound is more like a td blend where the t is soft, which makes the words even more cute. :) "Td-ank you."
To add to the heart melting cuteness, yesterday I was in the kitchen and I heard Emma padding around the corner, muttering "tdank you, tdank you, tdank you." She came up to me and handed me my knitting bundle that had been left on the couch or end table, saying "tdank you" the whole while. Thankfully my mind was working fast enough to stop my tongue from asking why she had my knitting in the first place (she knows she is not supposed to touch it, even when Mama leaves it somewhere tempting). Here she was being sweet and recreating something we had done earlier in the week so instead I thanked her for being so sweet and for having such good manners. No, thank you, Emma.
(On a previous day Emma had picked up my knitting when I set it down to do a quick thing (don't know what!). I calmly said, "oh, are you handing that to Mama? Thank you, Emma, for being so thoughtful." Or something like that.) Apparently Emma is rapidly learning new words and how to (mostly) use them correctly. Aside from the word "Mama", which obviously tugs on my heart strings "tdank you" is right at the top of my favorite-words-Emma-says-list.
From that point on she kept saying "thank you" until she was confident with the sounds. Of course, the th sound is more like a td blend where the t is soft, which makes the words even more cute. :) "Td-ank you."
To add to the heart melting cuteness, yesterday I was in the kitchen and I heard Emma padding around the corner, muttering "tdank you, tdank you, tdank you." She came up to me and handed me my knitting bundle that had been left on the couch or end table, saying "tdank you" the whole while. Thankfully my mind was working fast enough to stop my tongue from asking why she had my knitting in the first place (she knows she is not supposed to touch it, even when Mama leaves it somewhere tempting). Here she was being sweet and recreating something we had done earlier in the week so instead I thanked her for being so sweet and for having such good manners. No, thank you, Emma.
(On a previous day Emma had picked up my knitting when I set it down to do a quick thing (don't know what!). I calmly said, "oh, are you handing that to Mama? Thank you, Emma, for being so thoughtful." Or something like that.) Apparently Emma is rapidly learning new words and how to (mostly) use them correctly. Aside from the word "Mama", which obviously tugs on my heart strings "tdank you" is right at the top of my favorite-words-Emma-says-list.
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