I noticed recently that Allie has been pluralizing her plural nouns. “Ball.” “More balls.” “Birdie.” “Birdies.”

Just now, she confirmed she understands quantity. I was just pulling Allie out of her bath and drying her off in her towel when Allie pointed to some of the bath toys by her tub that she didn’t use tonight. “Duckie,” she said.
“You want a duckie?” I asked.
“Yeah!”
“Which one, the dada duckie or the baby duckie?”
“Uh-huh!”
“Dada duckie?” Mr. W reached for the larger duck “dressed” in men’s clothing.
“No.”
“Little girl duckie?” Reaching for the smaller duckie in a tiara and “dress.”
“No.”
“Then which one do you want?”
“Two. Two duckies.”
“Oh, you want both of them?”
“Yeah!”
I didn’t think anything of it, giving her both duckies to play with while I finished dressing her, but Mr. W said, “Two! She understands what ‘two’ means!”
And then it hit me. “Oh yeah, huh!” I said in surprise.
Allie laughed at me, then imitated me. “Two duckies. Oh yeah, huh?”

Very cool beans.