The Rankin Zoo

Coral and I play this game that she calls Tickle Guys. Basically, I just tickle her and she calls my fingers the tickle guys.
Tonight I was tickling her and she fell down. She didn’t seem to mind too much but she got up and said, “Tickle Guys! You have to be careful. [...]

Today Coral asked B the following question, “Mom, is left and right the same as north and south?”

Coral has been stepping up her swimming skills lately. She’s wearing a swim vest that barely keeps her afloat but you can see that she gets the idea of swimming.
Here are a couple of videos from this afternoon.

Coral Swimming from Andy Rankin and Vimeo.

Coral Swimming 2 from Andy Rankin and Vimeo.

This may be the first in a series of nursery rhyme videos.

Humpty Dumpty from Andy Rankin and Vimeo.

At dinner tonight Coral picked up a piece of bread and started pretending that it was talking to us.
Bread: “What are we having for dinner?”
Me: “Lasagna.”
Bread: “What else?”
Me: “Bread too.”
Bread: “Meeeeeee?”
Me: “Yes.”
Bread: “Don’t eat meeeee!”
At which point she accidentally dropped the piece of bread on the floor. Scout ate it almost instantly. Coral [...]

Yesterday I asked Coral if I could get a kiss and she said, “okay, a double!” When I gave her a somewhat confused look she quickly responded, “double – that means two.” Ah – right.
In related news, according to this article, which quotes some study, if we hadn’t allowed Coral to watch any [...]