More Hannah photos taken in the last fortnight with the Sigma 30mm!
Developmental notes: we’ve noticed that Hannah isn’t naturally inclined towards getting into tantrums, and standoffs between her and us for the last 6 months now seem few and far between, if at all to begin with. For example, while she adores her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cartoons and would always ask “Can I watch two short episodes tonight Daddy?” when we pick her up from her Nanny’s place every evening, she won’t kick up a fuss when we tell her no and why, e.g. if she misbehaved earlier in the morning, or that we’ll be home late and too close to her winding down routine for the night. She’ll always cheerfully accept our explanation, and ask to do something else, usually an alternative play activity with Ling or myself.
At this point too, she also seems to be able to reconcile mistakes she’s made with saying sorry. Whenever she does something wrong, e.g. spill food at dinner because she wasn’t seated properly, she’d break into tears immediately and get very sad about it. When either one of us tells her firmly that she’s made a mistake and she should apologize, her tears will ramp up a little and she’ll cling onto the parent (usually Mommy haha) and say tearfully “ssooooorrrryyyy mommmmmyyy” in all sincerity.
And oh yes; just last evening, she was able to say all our names in full! She took a while to recollect – perhaps from what she was earlier taught – mine, and I had to prompt her for Ling’s. But it took her just one assisted try, and she can now readily say what all our full names on demand. Too cute, and something we’ll have to capture on video soon.:)
I would love to see video of that!