Counting: the visual

Papa's first question to Maman after listening to the " 32 and counting" video was to ask if the sound file was edited: could it be that I had just been saying the words one by one and, with the magic of editing, made it sound like I was counting ?
It was just enough skepticism to get Maman to bring the video camera out and give Papa the visual proof.
Enjoy!

32 months and counting...

32 months, that's how old I am and I am attempting to count that high. I seem to have a great start until 10 in both languages but then, as you will hear, I am a little bit creative.
I have been busy this past month and I can now add " washing car" to my list of chores and gardening, which both end up with a full bath for me too.
Enjoy the sound file and the pictures!

Reading GO DOG GO

I love books. I really do and I spend quite a bit of time with them. Lately I have enjoyed a lot of audio-books; I listen to "I'm dirty" about 6 times a day ( it's not a favorite of the Parents) and that's after my "Tubby the tuba" phase, where I requested the book probably 3 to 4 times a day. Right now, I also enjoy this cool audio-book: "A frog thing" which Maman seems to like too.

Maman decided to record me while I was reading "Go Dog Go" another one of my favorites. Now, you'll see that I tend to read story fast, which means that I read only a few pages from the book.
Maman also wanted to add a little translation of things you might not understand:
- "the tile of the book"- yes, I meant to say the TITLE.
- "the umpire, the catcher and the number"- you get it, the last one was meant to be the batter!
- and sometimes I do say things in French since Maman was next to me.

En route to OMSI

En route to OMSI, where 2 year-olds have the attention span of fruit flies... that's what the title should read according to Maman.
In less than 2 hours in the Oregon Museum of Sciences and Industry, I did manage to do over 40 activities, most of those recorded on camera.
I sure have fun in that place and, I might have looked like a fruit fly, but I was watching the bazillion groups of elementary kids that descended on the museum that day and their attention span did not seem much better than mine; I am just saying.
Enjoy!

Ephemeral Art

A year and half ago, when I first discovered the joy of painting, I had no idea how much fun it would really be. Somehow though, my idea of a finished product and Maman's idea of a finished product changed along the way. She had this weird idea that she was going to frame whatever came out of my creative brain. Nonsense, right?
So here it is, just for you, my idea of Art. Maman calls it Ephemeral Art or how you will not see any of my paintings anytime soon in a gallery near you.
Enjoy!
PS: don't be alarmed if you think that the video is doubling in speed towards the end, it's to avoid boredom...

Le pigeon et l'écureuil

Do you know that Spring colors are about a month early here? Check the collage above: it's me holding my first flowers of the season in 2008, 2009, 2010.

While we are waiting for the video software, Maman decided to play with her new toy: a digital voice recorder. She can now spy on me while I go on and on and well, it's more spontaneous and less obvious than when she tries to get the video camera out. So here is a little piece for you and since it would be boring with just the sound, there are also pictures taken in the last few weeks.
Oh, it's in French so here is a little synopsis of the story if you are not yet fluent in French, which you should all be by now, right?
The pigeon ( the stuffed version from Mo Willem's books) and the squirrel.
- The pigeon is a bird and birds walk... and come see us.
- And what else can they do? He can prick...
Really, why? Because they have beaks.
- And how is the beak? This one is not sharp
- It's not sharp? No.
- And what else can they do? They can fly
- Ah, why, what do they have? Wings, they have wings; They have eyes, they have EYES
- How many? Two
- And you? Two
( Seeing the squirrels outside)
- Look...they are gone...the squirrels
- Where are they? Well, they left... THERE...THERE... there.
- What are they doing? They are going down, down, down... he goes in our house.
- Is that a good idea? No
- Where do squirrels live? In the tree, so that he does not go in our house.