Thursday, March 22, 2007

"Suki, take it!"

Hello,

Tahlia has started doing something that is really cute. When we are playing ball in a confined area with Suki, we usually make Suki stay while we throw the ball. When the ball has come to a standstill, we tell Suki to "Take it." Suki then dashes off to fetch the ball. Lately, Tahlia has enjoyed throwing the ball for Suki, which is cute in itself since Tahlia becomes startled every-time Suki dashes off. But the really cute part is that Tahlia tries to tell Suki to "take it." She can't say it, and she doesn't understand how to make a "T" sound, so, instead, she makes a sort of "t" clicking sound by putting her tongue up to the roof of her mouth and pulling it down. It is cute. Another funny aspect is that Suki doesn't understand that Tahlia has given a command, so one of us has to then command Suki to act.

All and all a good time.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We've been adding up the number of words we think Desmond knows. :)
It's adorable that baby T wants to play with Suki! And fantastic that she is trying out so many words. She's way ahead of the curve with her speech, as far as I can tell! (I'm not kidding, I know of other, older tots who aren't as advanced as Tahlia is.) Lots of love!

sal said...

The dog owners totally get how awesomely cute this is :) hope you guys are taking care and enjoying the start of spring. love and miss you!!! xo