2 nights ago when we were watching a (rather gross) video on youtube.com of a chicken laying an egg close-up, Evangelina started calling out, 'Eat-eat! Eat-eat!' She recognized her food even as it came out of its 'mommy'!

the 3 recognized drinks of evangelina: 'nene' (milk), 'tete' (water), & most recently 'bucha' (our family drink kombucha, especially with a recent prolonged sale on them at vons).

this morning evangelina built a tower of 4 small blocks on the carpet (!) & later also said, 'I wanna play' for the first time ever (with the words together).

eangelina's first experience with Santa (tonight) was a flop! tearful, she didn't even want to look at him much, &when told to thank him for his present, she said quickly, 'Thank-you-no-no-no!' from my arms!