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"grandma" and "orange" and "ma-chan"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kenny said three words very clearly for the first time today. The first was "Grandma", a big upgrade from "mam-ma". He said it (repeatedly) when he saw that I was using Skype, the Internet voice tool. He came running over and threw out the new word several times.

Unfortunately, it was my business partner on the line. We turned on the video so Kenny could see, and he looked puzzled at to see a familiar face but not the one he expected.

The second word was "orange", which he said in response to my prompting when I held up an orange ball. He's also working on "blue" (he says it "b'ue") and yellow (which he pronounces "chin"). Still has a way to go, there.

Lastly was "ma-chan", his close friend. Ma-chan is a somewhat older boy whose little sister is in Kenny's daycare class. Kenny and Mari went to visit with those kids and their mum this evening (while on was Skype with "uncle Jon") to deliver some of the clementine oranges (there's that word again!) that Kenny's grandfather had sent.