LIKES
-keys “keez”
-hats “dats”
-putting things in the garbage, both when appropriate and when not (especially putting burst water balloons in the playground garbage)
-looking at pictures of herself, “Popal,” on everyone’s phones
-dogs, as long as they aren’t too close, sticking her tongue out when their tongues are out
-llamas, “lolololol” with the tongue
-Kendrick Lamar’s “YAH.”
-socks “ocks”—pointing them out, calling things “ocks” that aren’t socks
-glasses “aghses”
-forks and spoons, which she does have words for but how to replicate them with letters?
-pointing to things and asking what they are by saying, “is? is?”
-eating entire mangoes
-pointing to coffee and saying, “dot!” (Hot!)
-playing in puddles and on the playground
-asking for Mama (forlornly) and Dada (excitedly)
-using a straw
-crackers “gack”
-balls, balloons, bubbles
-taking the right side of her diaper off as soon as it’s on
-trying to snap her fingers
-pointing at babies and saying “bah-bay”
-running away laughing when you try to put her jacket on or get her in the elevator
-trying to help us out our shoes and socks on
-drinking from any adult vessel (glasses, Poland Spring bottle)
-being pulled around on a rug
-the zoo!
DISLIKES
-the man in the mask who redid our bathroom (terrified her into a near catatonic state for an hour)
-the car
-being told no
-not seeing Mama immediately upon waking up
-the bath!!!
-not being allowed to hold open bubble bottles
-being expected to use a sippy cup rather than a grown up cup
-not exactly a dislike but she lost patience for books :(