22 Months Old

Long overdue Isabel update….

Isabel, at 22 months, has flown on an airplane about 14 times, traveled by train and bus and by car. She has run around Incan ruins, city squares, parks, and manicured museum gardens. She says “hola” and “hiya”; “bye bye” and “ciao ciao”. She can ask for “agua” and “more”; “cheese” and “palta” (avocado in Peru). She says “aqui” and “alli”; “arriba” and “abajo”. She says “mmm, good” and “rico”. She can demand to “walk” or “dance” or command you to “sit” or “sing”. She can offer to “help you” as well as ask for help by saying “help you”. (me and you are still pretty confusing).

Her favorite toys are her stuffed animal dog, named “Bow wow” and her “Dolly”. She loves writing with crayons; playing in her play kitchen; helping me in the real kitchen; helping me with laundry, folding clothes and then putting them away. She can sort of get her shoes on and off herself. As soon as she hears music, she starts dancing.

She still can’t jump. 😉

Here are a few photos of her running around Machu Picchu. (I have MANY more MP/Sacred Valley photos that I’ll get around to posting hopefully very soon):