Enna-Marie at 22 months...

Our dear Enna-Marie has turned 22 months old. Below are the things she does and says now. We are so happy for all her milestones achievements and we look forward to more accomplishments. To see her grow into a little individual with her own character, likes and dislikes, brings us such great joy, and a greater realization and appreciation of the greatness of God's creation! Of course, there are also the tantrums and the occassional challenges she presents to both mommy and daddy, but these quickly fade into insignificance when she gives us a happy smile.

Enna-Marie...

• can count from 1 to 10 in Dutch, Tagalog and English


• can name 5 to 6 colors in Dutch and Tagalog


• can name a lot of animals when you point each of them in a book or flash cards


• knows 3 children's prayers by heart (O God, Guide me; He is God, O God my God; and Blessed is the Spot) and 2 or 3 more but just the beginning or ending part


• knows most of the Bahá’í songs in the Australian album cd "Love All The World", her favorite one is "Tread Ye the Path of Justice for this Verily is the Straight Path"


• can remove her jacket


• can put on a skirt


• can put her shoes on with velcro


• can tell where her family and immediate relatives are (Holland, Philippines, Haifa)


• can already say her complete first name "Enna-Marie" as previously it was just "Enna"


• can show us how she should behave or pray, see a photo below with arms folded.

Vocabulary:

saying goodbye at bedtime: "Love you Mama" and "Love you Papa"...weltrusten (sleep well)
can also say: "Mahal kita" (I love you in Tagalog but it is mostly "Mahal tika")
when we are out and Mama drives: "dami auto" (there are lots of cars)
when Mama is driving and breaks abruptly: "careful auto"
inside the house playing a ball: "dami bola" (there are lots of balls)
at night when she sees the moon: "Enna...scared moon"
when she hears the sound of the ambulance car: "scared ziekenauto" (scared of ambulance car)
when she wants Papa to look what she just did: "see, see Papa"
when Mama holding a camera or taking pictures: "Enna...look pictures"
when asked what breakfast she wants: "am..am...(thinking)...oatmeal, please"
when she wants to sit on a dining chair: "Enna-Marie climbing chair"
when she wakes up in the morning and Mama picks her up: "Enna-Marie...cry"
when she wants to draw or write something: "Enna sulat" (Enna writes)
when she just woke up in the morning or from afternoon nap: "Enna-Marie wakker"
when passing the street of a friend's house: "Bahay ni Lillian" (house of Lillian)
when she doesn't like a kind of food: "Enna-Marie no nike..." (she means Enna no like :))
when she hears the phone ring, she says gently: "Mama...get...phone"
when asked who passed on/gave a pair of shoes to her: "Aliyah"...then she says: "thank you Aliyah"
when we are out in the street and a car is coming: "car...car coming...Enna tabi" (car is coming...Enna should stay at the side or stay beside mommy)
When she asks for a drink or snack and ask her in return what will she say: "thank you" or "salamat".

...and here are some shots of her taken yesterday in Bahji at the gardens and the Mansion...