This fall we got to experience what is referred to as the "language explosion" - Iris built up her vocabulary into well over 100 words, some time in September, then we lost track. She has several two-word phrases, and is attempting to make longer ones, although they get mumbled away. This has been rather fun and exciting for us. Iris has also been assigning relative size to objects. Large things are 'Big!" and small versions of the same are "Baby!" She has also been learning names of familiar, as well as new, people. She knows everyone in her daycare group by name, and talks about them at home. In late September we had a visit from Iris' Gramps and Uncle Joe. The word "Gramps" was a struggle with all the diphthongs, so we tried Grandpa and then Iris came up with "Pa-Pa." It looks like Iris and Pa-Pa get along just fine. "Joe" turned out to be "Doh" (or "Dough"). In October we had a visit from friends John and Ann, with Zola (~3 yrs) and baby Opal. Iris had lots of fun playing with her friend Zola. The fall here has been very nice, with opportunities for bicycling, and even a late-season swim in the Snake River near Lewiston.
