new words

Greta is picking up the pace, with new words coming left and right. She has added the names of her grandparents — last week, Grandma and Grandpa; this week, on the day she was to visit them, she pronounced "Nana" and "Papa," clear as day, in order, apropos of nothing, from the back seat — along with game attempts at all the cousins' names.

Yesterday, she came up with "please" and "Scott." "Please" takes its place with the month-old "thank you" and the older, unfailingly gentle and charmingly refined "no." "Scott" is the name of the homeless guy in the park.

Family relationships, good manners, genuine care for the less fortunate. I like where her vocabulary is going.