Mira is 1 Year & 9 Months Old!

Mira loves to play. 

She laughs, runs, throws herself around, climbs,

dances, makes animal noises, chitter-chatters, plays, 

reads, and gets into everything from morning to night. 

To her credit, she's very good at cleaning up her messes

when prompted, and sorts and puts away all of her toys

at home and in the Kita properly. And she often uses

a tissue or cloth to wipe the floor whenever she finds one.

Mira loves savory food and her appetite is practically 

insatiable. She particularly loves meat and cheeses, 

rice, olives, raisins, and yogurt. 

She's becoming more and more communicative every day, 

speaking in English, German, and Arabic. She says things like:

hello

ba-da (Arabic for "duck," also: animal crackers)

Mambo (penguin)

fish
baby
Kita (daycare, plus names of kids there)
helu (Arabic for "pretty")
hum (Arabic baby word for "food")

apple

banana, moos

water, moya

na-na (Arabic for "bottle")

arnab (Arabic for "grapes")

please and bitte

yes and ja

nein and la
more
ich auch (German for "me too!")
all done, halas, fertig

brush my teeth

tra-wash (Arabic for "take a bath," also: wash hands)

toilet (because she started training herself to use it!)

abbas (Arabic for "get dressed")

shoes, house shoes

aufräumen (German for "clean up")
open

get down/get up/get out

wa - "walk"

habibi (Arabic for "darling/my dear")

ni-night

bye-bye, tschüss, ciao-ciao