Reading, writing and arithmetic

We've been in Bozeman now for almost three months. For the past three months, Colter has been attending speech therapy weekly with a speech pathologist whom he loves. For about the last month I've been keeping track of his "new" words. We started with "mama" and "dada" and have quickly progressed in the last two weeks. Funny thing is he started "school" about two weeks ago. Maybe it's just a coincidence but I wonder if it doesn't have to do with him having to communicate his needs to someone other than the two people who know what he wants without having to say anything, mommy and daddy.

Here's what he's been working on...

moo
baa
neigh
meow
woof
up
down
on
off
in
out
blue
done
go
yep
more
help
bulb
hoo hoo (owl)
he also knows just about every sound of the alphabet and can count to 5 with his fingers

"New" words this week...
hi
bye-bye
mama up
dada up
bubble
green
no (here it is, the end of the world as we know it!)
gone
uh-oh
light

Of course we're ecstatic he's picking up new words but he's also hitting the "terrible twos." Tantrums, throwing and adimantly saying "no" are just a few of the things we get to look forward to each day.