Cosmo Video

Kiwi was in the kitchen screaming.  We were in the family room.  I called out:

Me:     That'll do, Kiwi!

Kiwi:   You're ok!  (screams again)

Me:     (to my mother)  See.  She's doing that now.  Using "You're ok" when she means, "I'll do whatever I want."

Kiwi:   Uh oh!

Kay:    (laughs)

Kiwi:   (laughs louder)

Cosmo is a grey with his own book.  He speaks in context better than Kiwi.  But this is a video of Cosmo opening drawers.  I am posting it so that my mother can see we do not have the only cabinets on Earth scratched up by cheeky beaks.  Kiwi isn't opening drawers yet, but I bet she knows what to do with an emery board.  Vain thing.

Game Time Conversation

Bears Game.  The Cowboys are returning a punt.  The rookie has plenty of room.  He hits about the 30 and I knew he was taking it to the house.

Me:     OH MY GAAWWWWD!!!!  (In a bad way)
Kiwi:   WHAT?!
Me:      Um...football.  Bad.
Kiwi:   Are you OK?
Me:     No.  Not OK.
Kiwi:   Do you want your apple?

This is what I am talking about.  She doesn't have a ton of vocab.  But she understands context.  And conversation!

I Can't Make this Stuff Up, Folks

Kiwi was perched on the refrigerator. It is her favorite lookout point. I went in to the next room, the bird room to see Billy. I had left the door to his cage open, but he hadn’t come out.


Me: (reaching out a hand) Billy. Step up.

Billy: (takes a swipe at me with his beak)

Me: Ugh. Fine.

Kiwi: Are you gonna step up? You’re ok!

Me: Thank you, Kiwi.


I managed to get Billy to come out onto his door. He wouldn’t step up, but he climbed to the top of the cage. I gave him a piece of carrot. He dropped it. I left the room to check on dinner, leaving Shadow to get the carrot. When I came back, I gave Billy another carrot. As I walked away, I heard him drop that, too.


Me: Well, it seems Billy has learned Kiwi’s favorite game.

Kay: (from the family room) What’s that?

Me: Feed the Dog!

Kiwi: Ohhhhhhhhhh! (laughs) Good dog!

Counting

Kiwi has a couple of the hard plastic toys that you might give a toddler.  Electronic toys where the child pushes the buttons to hear letters or numbers or sounds.  She likes the telephone one the best.  Thursday night, when I was at the Library my mother, Kay, sent me a recap of a conversation she had with Kiwi. 

Kiwi: (sing-song) 1....2....3

Kay: Kiwi, what comes after 3?

Kiwi: FOUR!

Kay: Kiwi, what comes after 4?

Kiwi: WHAT?!

Kay: Five, Kiwi. One, two, three, four, five!
Kiwi: Ok
 
I don't think Kiwi knows what numbers actually mean, but I am certain she is speaking in context.