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Ellery: embracing the (messy) top knot

Aubrey: dig, dig, dig

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Ellery: usual scenes

Aubrey: following in big brother's footsteps (literally)

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 Ellery: usually moving at speed (as a reindeer or a super hornet)

Aubrey: the best playground (in the first shot, he is saying 'ha-yo' to the driftwood horse

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Ellery: absorbed in play

Aubrey: birdspotting

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Ellery: wild as the wind, with dirt

Aubrey: rockpool running

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one golden afternoon : joining the dots between the spaces : two little mermen, crabhunters, handfuls, heartbreakers. but that protective hand.

20 months

Growth spurt. Words! From Mama, Dadda, 'no' and 'uh!', to a whole string of words.

doo-doo! (bird)
beach
nee (me)
hello / hi
die! (bye)
m-m-m (milk)
ta
dirt
ant
bee
kick
sweep
boo (boo, and blue)
doodle (noodle)
dee-dee (CD)
um (!)
ages (!!)
yah

You may find me in the comments, adding words that escaped my recall. So interesting to watch your path to language flourish so differently from your brother's.