I don't have a toddler any longer. My daughter is 5 now and she talks constantly and is very easy to understand. In other words she makes her thoughts known.

We have been lucky. She was an early talker and she is already reading a bit. She is very creative. She has created this imaginary world called chick (as in baby chickens) city and the chicks names are their colours (red chick, blue chick, gold chick etc) and she tells me stories about what these chicks are doing- things like having birthday parties or going to work. It's very interesting to see her imagination at work and how she uses information she has taken in from the real world and integrates it into her imaginary world. For instance, on the way home from her first Tball game she just randomly said "you know, the chicks love to play baseball every day." and I replied "really, who is the best player?" and she said "gold chick, he always hits a homerun".

My son was not like this. He was always super smart and analytical. He used to get frustrated if his toys weren't lined up perfectly or ordered by size etc. So it has been really cool to see both of them growing and interacting with the world differently.