So the other day I said that George has a working vocabulary of about five words. Immediately after posting that, I realized that, no, he actually says a whole lot more.
I just don’t understand most of it.
However, for the sake of posterity and accuracy and being–gosh darn it, let’s be honest here–anal, I have to share with you some more cute words. Because, well, I know you care.
He says “dere” for “there” and “Aha!” when he’s pleased.
He says “bop” for “stop” and this is very cute.
I don’t want him to bop saying “bop.”
(Incidentally, this reminds of his oldest brother, Joe, who used to ask me a “bip” of my coffee. Cute! Cute! Cute!)
I have also taught George to ask for my…um…ba-bahs by flavor. The left one is mocha and the right is caramel. Yes, this is more than a little weird of me…but how cute is it to hear him say “marmel”?
(And I know this brings of the question of weaning, but that’s another post for another day.)
So there! Strike the record and consider it updated! George has a vocab. of more than five words!! My archivist’s heart can rest easy now.
What have your kids said that is cute? I’d love to hear your favorite phrases.
Bridget says "thank ye" for thank you.
she also says "E E E E O" for Ei Ei Oh, You know for Old MacDonald.
She says "no no" (very sternly) all the time, which is not as cute as the pointed finger that goes along with it every time!
She also says "ya" for everything, like if I say "Did you go poopie?" She will say "ya" even if she didn't.
If we say "Do you want to go swimming?" or "Do you want to go outside?" she will yell "Yay!!" and clap her hands.
Yesterday she said "me too" when the kiddos had cookies. But I've only heard it once so far.
Of course she can say "Mama" and "ni ni" for night night. and
"he je" is Jesus. It always melts my heart to see her kiss the crucifix on any rosary and say "he je" in her singy songy voice.
Might be back for more.
Fun post Mags!
our own Maggie, soon to be three, has been saying "Mama, no like dat." But she has started becoming adventureous and trying new foods. Last week we she tried Spinach Lasagna and said emphatically, "Mama, I DO like dat!!" This is a fun time:)
Younger daughter had trouble with initial short vowel sounds, so elbow became "belbow" and Elmo was "Melmo"
I miss those days!
My Baby talks up a storm, but I love when she asks for some of my "foffee" (coffee). She's also taken to asking, all the time, "What about Lu-lu?" (She's Lucy and she doesn't want to be left out, so she's asking, "What about me?")
And I REALLY can't get myself to tell my seven-year-old son that "ham" is not a verb (as in, what one does with a hammer).
(I'm supposedly at Caribou working on Tribunal stuff … but had to check my bloggies out. Thanks for the great distraction.)
One of my children used to say "Ee-lan" for my friend LeeAnn. It was sad day when he started saying her name correctly.
Another one called w "dubba-x."
Another one had problems with recalling words (he had speech/expression problems). He would come up with some gems while trying to explain what he wanted. When asked if he knew what a fork is (for a speech/language expression assessment), he said "one thing points this way and some things point this way" (referring to the handle and tines).
My oldest (who is 17 now) used to say "tank tee" (thank you) which melted my ever lovin' heart. Rachel, when we lived in GA (and she was about 2 or 3) . . .I couldn't find her so I was hollering "Where are you, Teenie?" and she came around a corner, hands on her hips and said, "Ryat heyah" (Scarlet O'Hara-ish for "right here"). My youngest who is now 13 used to pronounce pine cone "peen cone". There's more, but those are my favourites.
I wouldn't want George to bop saying bop either. How cute!
They are so precious while they're learning to talk! One of our classics is the one who said, "dat ray ray booky" for "that's really spooky".
Our baby didn't talk much at all and everyone was worried about her, so I started keeping a list on the fridge from 18 mos. (when she had 5 words!) to 24 mos. when she had 300! Towards the end they were coming fast and furious and I couldn't keep up, but that list is a keeper!
yaw-ka vay means like this
sakuh-puh-tay-may means sack of potatoes.
Well, at least it did before my then 2 year got his ear tubes and eventually 2+ years of speech therapy.
I find toddler-speak very endearing but cannot think of anything else cute.
When my oldest, Sean, was 2 or so (he's almost 35…eek!)I gave him a penguin bath toy. He looked at it and said "pen-mommy" (my name is Gwen)
My son Shane was 2 1/2 (30 now) when he walked over the the neighbor holding her new baby and said "I like dat baby, where you buy him?"
And when one of my boys hurt his eye and I was scared, his brother said "Pray! Cause God made him!" Yes, He sure did!
Oh my I just remembered…ah dee ah dee ah boo boo….My oldest had a string of gibberish that he would say. My husband listened closely and noticed it ended with ah dee ah dee ah boo ah boo. So……..my husband would go up to our son and say ah dee ah dee ah boo ah boo and set him off on his torrent of nonsense syllables.
These are all super sweet. Thank you for sharing them, everyone!
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