During the last few days this evening, L’s begun doing several new things.

• While cleaning up, L chipped in. She picked up blocks, brought them to the box, and dropped them in — on request.
• L loves yogurt. Today, she reached out for the spoon while K was feeding her. With a little help and about five or six practice runs, L was more or less daubing yogurt on her spoon and then smearing it in the vicinity of her mouth.
• K bought L a little toy cell phone this afternoon. Say “Halo, halo” (you can probably figure out the translation) and L puts it up to her ear.

Her understanding of communication is simply exploding.