http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2005/06/25/happy-birthday-to-lou/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:29:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2005/06/25/happy-birthday-to-lou/#comment-1616 Michelle Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1616 Lennie is adorable. I was a student in Mrs. Houston's class when I found out she was going to have a baby. I just wanted to check in and see if there were any pictures up. I hope all is well. Michelle Lennie is adorable. I was a student in Mrs. Houston’s class when I found out she was going to have a baby. I just wanted to check in and see if there were any pictures up. I hope all is well.
Michelle

]]> http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2005/06/25/happy-birthday-to-lou/#comment-1776 Two Ells » Two Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1776 [...] Let’s start with a brief retrospective. When I wrote the big birthday message last year, Lennie was just starting to communicate with intention (as opposed to simple labeling) by instructing me in simple terms (”there”) to take her to one spot or another in the room. Now she communicates rather more extensively by saying things like “Lennie no want brush teeth with green tooth brush” or “chocolate milk is so delicious.” She has probably dozens of repeated sentences now and clearly knows enough of a grammar to compose understandable new sentences, often surprising us with her ingenuity. I guess she must have been walking a year ago. Now she runs, slides, jumps, turns somersaults; this evening, I tried to entice her into her bedroom for a diaper change, and one or the other of us suggested hopping, and sure enough, she followed me hopping through the house to get a clean diaper. A year ago, we were in the habit of calling her “Lou.” It felt right at the time, but we’ve moved on to Lennie now. We’ll no doubt oscillate between the two in the coming years. [...] [...] Let’s start with a brief retrospective. When I wrote the big birthday message last year, Lennie was just starting to communicate with intention (as opposed to simple labeling) by instructing me in simple terms (”there”) to take her to one spot or another in the room. Now she communicates rather more extensively by saying things like “Lennie no want brush teeth with green tooth brush” or “chocolate milk is so delicious.” She has probably dozens of repeated sentences now and clearly knows enough of a grammar to compose understandable new sentences, often surprising us with her ingenuity. I guess she must have been walking a year ago. Now she runs, slides, jumps, turns somersaults; this evening, I tried to entice her into her bedroom for a diaper change, and one or the other of us suggested hopping, and sure enough, she followed me hopping through the house to get a clean diaper. A year ago, we were in the habit of calling her “Lou.” It felt right at the time, but we’ve moved on to Lennie now. We’ll no doubt oscillate between the two in the coming years. [...]

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