Zoe’s vocabulary is blowin’ up! Her latest set of words:
- YAO! (as in “Yao bu yao? YAO!” in Mandarin. Translation: “Would you like some? YES!”)
- Op-EEEEENNNN! (said with much gusto and with accent on the 2nd syllable, often whilst holding a pack of cookies)
- Orange (referring to lil cuties)
- Beets (mom and dad’s go-to food when we can’t get her to eat anything else)
- Poo-poo
- Change
- Eat! mum-mum
- Sit
- Pouch
- Ahyi
- Tso tso (translation: stinky, as in feet!)
- Bei bei (translation: blanky)
Learning:
- Hao chi (tastes good)
Signs:
- Change (she looooves doing this one)
- Eat
- Airplane
- More
- Milk
Other accomplishments:
- She can almost count to 10! She does much better in English than in Mandarin, but she’s definitely got the right sounds going in both.
- Loves to sing: “Ba Luobo” (pick daikon radish), ABCs
- Loves to dance, clap her hands and do “dance hands”