Barrett was trying to butt his way in on a toy Audrey was playing with.
Me: "Barrett, you need to let Audrey play with that by herself."
Barrett: "but I'm helping to teach her to talk."
Barrett, now in Audrey's face: "TALK."
Me: "Barrett, what do you think you'd want for your birthday?"
Barrett, without missing a beat: "cake. Birthday cake."
Me: "that is the gift you'd want for your birthday? That's the only thing you want?"
Barrett; "yes, just cake," with a big smile on his little face.
Alright, sounds like easy birthday shopping for his Mommy! He definitely is my kid with that sweet tooth!
One morning we were discussing how children are so demanding and think they rule the house.
Me, laughing: "Barrett, are you a tyrant?"
Barrett: "no! I just woke up!"
That one took me a second but then I got it, haha. Tyrant = tired.
Audrey expresses a lot of interest in the toilet. Barrett was going potty tonight and Audrey looked very curious. So Tim asked if she wanted to sit on it. Se replied, "yea," in her sweet little voice so he pulled her diaper off and sat her on it.
Barrett: "she needs to push her penis down." (as he was instructed to do when sitting on the potty).
Tim, laughing: "She doesn't have one"
Barrett: "oh. Because she's little?"
We finished a puzzle one afternoon.
Me: "you did a great job! I'm very impressed with what a great job you did on this puzzle!"
He very seriously responds: "I couldn't have done it without you." Smartie pants.
I mentioned to Barrett that our babysitter, Cassie, is coming over to watch him and Audrey on Saturday.
Barrett: "why?"
Me: Because Daddy and I are going to dinner."
Barrett: "I have an idea. Why don't Daddy and Cassie go to dinner and you stay home with us?"
Hmm....
Barrett and Audrey were playing nicely one day together. I asked what they were playing.
Barrett: "I'm the daddy and Audrery is the mommy. We put the cars to sleep and the babies to sleep."
Me: "oh, sounds like everybody is asleep! Do you want to go to sleep too?"
Barrett: "no, mommies and daddies don't sleep."
Truer words were never spoken, kid.
Irony: Barrett coming up to me as I was making dinner and telling me, "I locked the pantry door so Audrey can't get into mischief."
Barrett and Audrey were dressing up in the construction worker and firefighter costumes we have.
Me: "Barrett, do you want to be a construction worker when you grow up?"
Barrett: "no, a firefighter."
Me: "oh, a firefighter?"
Barrett: Thinking..."No. A bird"
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Audrey - 19 months
Audrey turned 19 months recently. I can hardly believe it. She is still a teeny little thing and oh so sweet, sweeter than ever. She is funny and expressive, smart and sweet.
She is still a huge mama's girl. And I eat it up. She loves to be held and carried and she's so cuddly. She is definitely still very reserved with strangers and doesn't give smiles away to just anyone. But with us, she's so funny and sweet and playful.
Audrey is still a peanut. She was 31" and weighed 20lbs 11oz at 19 1/2 months. That's the approximate 18% for height (yay!!!) and 3% for weight (boo!!) I am thrilled about the height growth. I think she had a growth spurt over the last few weeks and I noticed she was seeming taller. The weight, while still low, is at least a bit of an improvement on the growth curve from the last few months, where I'm not sure she was even at 0.1%, She's inching closer to actually being on the curve again, so I guess that's good? I obviously still have concerns with her small size, but I am giving it one more doctor's appointment, now that the palate repair surgery and all the repercussions from that are well behind us, to see if she can improve. It's frustrating because I don't understand it - she eats pretty well so I just don't understand why she isn't catching up.
She likes reading books (her favorite is Goodnight Gorilla), she loves following her brother around doing whatever he's doing. Like if he were to lift his arms in the air and laugh, you better believe Audrey's doing the exact same thing. She and Barrett have also started fighting. And fighting. And fighting. So frustrating. Each wants the toy the other has. Of course. And they push each other's buttons. Audrey even more so than Barrett. In the last couple months, Barrett, who previously ignored her for the most part, has now started to realize she can be a friend but also a competitor. He wants her to come play with him and she wants to play with him always, but the two go at it. A few months ago she started to slyly sneak up behind him and snatch his toys and run away, laughing. We got a chuckle out of the fact that each loves to sit at the top of the slide, leaving the other waiting behind impatiently and growing increasingly frustrated. Apparently it's more fun to tease the sibling than to actually slide.
She's still our little daredevil. Early on, I started to joke that she would be our rock climber or skydiver and I still see that. She loves to be thrown up in the air. We took her to the beach at my parents' lakehouse and at first she was tentative with the water and sand. An hour later, she was trying to squirm out of my arms and swim to the middle of the lake on her own. Crazy girl! She thinks she can do it all!
Words: mama, Mimi, daddy (ah-ee), Papa (na-na), water (wawa), hi (eye), bye (eye. yes, sounds similar to hi, but we know the context), more (muh), elmo (eh-mo), yes (yeah), no (nuh), please (ease). And her latest? Audrey! (ahh-nee) She is babbling a lot more. Mimi and mama are her all-purpose words. I think she may be trying to say a lot more and we just can't tell what she's saying. We aren't hearing any Bs or Ds, which is disappointing to me. We are continuing to meet with a speech therapist once a week. Even though I don't always understand what she's trying to say verbally, she always makes her point known, through pointing or gestures. She is really starting to have opinions. She will vehemently shake her head no and push away anything she doesn't want or squeal for what she does. She does the signs for more and please pretty consistently, but that's it.
She understands EVERYTHING. It's crazy to me that she understands everything that we ask or tell her. That's reassuring to me, that even though she's not saying a lot, at least she understands everything. She's pretty good at following instructions, although sometimes she'll get the twinkle in her eye and defy.
She's still incredibly sweet and caring. She gives great hugs and kisses and cares about others. When Barrett is in time out, even if it's for hitting her, she'll see he's upset and get his blanket and brings it to him and sometimes sit with him. She takes care of dolls like a tiny mama.
She has so many opinions these days, and lets us know. If I try to set her down when she wants to be carried, she gives me limp legs so I can't set her down. If I try to put her in her high chair when she doesn't want to be in there, she'll give me straight legs so I can't set her down. If I try to hand her to another person, she'll cling to me and whine in protest. At my parents lakehouse, she was quite outraged when we left the beach before she was ready so she tried to push the door shut so I couldn't put her in her seat, leaving a little handprint firmly on the window. Little Miss Opinions!
As fun as this age can be, I'll confirm my statement with Barrett at this age, that this isn't my favorite age. Oh it can be so fun. Their personality is really coming out at this age. They're starting to express themselves, communicate, play, interact, show their likes and dislikes. But it's also really tough because there's so much they WANT to do but they don't have the sense to know the danger. And they struggle with communication and there's no reasoning. Audrey's a lot easier than he was, but it's just a tough age. A struggle and desire for independence, but they're still such babies so it's hard to tame.
But I am seeing so much personality that I just love and I am having so much fun watching the kids play together, seeing the sibling relationship form, and seeing Audrey growing and discovering. Week over week I keep seeing changes, fears diminishing, language development, and learning. It is so much fun to be this little girl's mom!
She is still a huge mama's girl. And I eat it up. She loves to be held and carried and she's so cuddly. She is definitely still very reserved with strangers and doesn't give smiles away to just anyone. But with us, she's so funny and sweet and playful.
Audrey is still a peanut. She was 31" and weighed 20lbs 11oz at 19 1/2 months. That's the approximate 18% for height (yay!!!) and 3% for weight (boo!!) I am thrilled about the height growth. I think she had a growth spurt over the last few weeks and I noticed she was seeming taller. The weight, while still low, is at least a bit of an improvement on the growth curve from the last few months, where I'm not sure she was even at 0.1%, She's inching closer to actually being on the curve again, so I guess that's good? I obviously still have concerns with her small size, but I am giving it one more doctor's appointment, now that the palate repair surgery and all the repercussions from that are well behind us, to see if she can improve. It's frustrating because I don't understand it - she eats pretty well so I just don't understand why she isn't catching up.
She likes reading books (her favorite is Goodnight Gorilla), she loves following her brother around doing whatever he's doing. Like if he were to lift his arms in the air and laugh, you better believe Audrey's doing the exact same thing. She and Barrett have also started fighting. And fighting. And fighting. So frustrating. Each wants the toy the other has. Of course. And they push each other's buttons. Audrey even more so than Barrett. In the last couple months, Barrett, who previously ignored her for the most part, has now started to realize she can be a friend but also a competitor. He wants her to come play with him and she wants to play with him always, but the two go at it. A few months ago she started to slyly sneak up behind him and snatch his toys and run away, laughing. We got a chuckle out of the fact that each loves to sit at the top of the slide, leaving the other waiting behind impatiently and growing increasingly frustrated. Apparently it's more fun to tease the sibling than to actually slide.
She's still our little daredevil. Early on, I started to joke that she would be our rock climber or skydiver and I still see that. She loves to be thrown up in the air. We took her to the beach at my parents' lakehouse and at first she was tentative with the water and sand. An hour later, she was trying to squirm out of my arms and swim to the middle of the lake on her own. Crazy girl! She thinks she can do it all!
Words: mama, Mimi, daddy (ah-ee), Papa (na-na), water (wawa), hi (eye), bye (eye. yes, sounds similar to hi, but we know the context), more (muh), elmo (eh-mo), yes (yeah), no (nuh), please (ease). And her latest? Audrey! (ahh-nee) She is babbling a lot more. Mimi and mama are her all-purpose words. I think she may be trying to say a lot more and we just can't tell what she's saying. We aren't hearing any Bs or Ds, which is disappointing to me. We are continuing to meet with a speech therapist once a week. Even though I don't always understand what she's trying to say verbally, she always makes her point known, through pointing or gestures. She is really starting to have opinions. She will vehemently shake her head no and push away anything she doesn't want or squeal for what she does. She does the signs for more and please pretty consistently, but that's it.
She understands EVERYTHING. It's crazy to me that she understands everything that we ask or tell her. That's reassuring to me, that even though she's not saying a lot, at least she understands everything. She's pretty good at following instructions, although sometimes she'll get the twinkle in her eye and defy.
She's still incredibly sweet and caring. She gives great hugs and kisses and cares about others. When Barrett is in time out, even if it's for hitting her, she'll see he's upset and get his blanket and brings it to him and sometimes sit with him. She takes care of dolls like a tiny mama.
She has so many opinions these days, and lets us know. If I try to set her down when she wants to be carried, she gives me limp legs so I can't set her down. If I try to put her in her high chair when she doesn't want to be in there, she'll give me straight legs so I can't set her down. If I try to hand her to another person, she'll cling to me and whine in protest. At my parents lakehouse, she was quite outraged when we left the beach before she was ready so she tried to push the door shut so I couldn't put her in her seat, leaving a little handprint firmly on the window. Little Miss Opinions!
As fun as this age can be, I'll confirm my statement with Barrett at this age, that this isn't my favorite age. Oh it can be so fun. Their personality is really coming out at this age. They're starting to express themselves, communicate, play, interact, show their likes and dislikes. But it's also really tough because there's so much they WANT to do but they don't have the sense to know the danger. And they struggle with communication and there's no reasoning. Audrey's a lot easier than he was, but it's just a tough age. A struggle and desire for independence, but they're still such babies so it's hard to tame.
But I am seeing so much personality that I just love and I am having so much fun watching the kids play together, seeing the sibling relationship form, and seeing Audrey growing and discovering. Week over week I keep seeing changes, fears diminishing, language development, and learning. It is so much fun to be this little girl's mom!
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Quick life update
Ok, so I am very behind on posting so here's a very quick update on life lately.
After working at my job for nearly 7 years, I am now unemployed. The local office closed June 14 and it was a pretty emotional closure for everyone. Very strange to pack up and say goodbye to everyone I've worked with for so long. Then I went to Atlanta for two weeks to help with the 2Q close and transition. My parents watched the kids in St Louis the second week so when I was done, I flew there and met up with them. I missed the kids after 2 weeks apart! We spent a week at their lake house and then back home. Whrilwind!
This is my first week of being a stay at home mom. It's been eventful and fun and crazy and such a change of pace. We're obviously adjusting to the big change. So now we're just settling into our new routine.
Barrett is having surgery tomorrow. So in the last 3 1/2 years, this is the fifth surgery our family has gone through (2 c-sections for me, tubes and palate repair for Audrey and now Barrett's). Since he was born, he's had a clogged tear duct in his left eye. Fairly normal and usually goes away on its own, but Barrett's never did. It waters a lot and gets gunky. So we finally are getting it opened up. It's a pretty quick procedure but the thought of Barrett going under anesthesia is just so scary. So tired of taking my babies into the hospital for anesthesia and surgery!
So this is just a quick update on our lives lately! Please send prayers tomorrow for Barrett!
After working at my job for nearly 7 years, I am now unemployed. The local office closed June 14 and it was a pretty emotional closure for everyone. Very strange to pack up and say goodbye to everyone I've worked with for so long. Then I went to Atlanta for two weeks to help with the 2Q close and transition. My parents watched the kids in St Louis the second week so when I was done, I flew there and met up with them. I missed the kids after 2 weeks apart! We spent a week at their lake house and then back home. Whrilwind!
This is my first week of being a stay at home mom. It's been eventful and fun and crazy and such a change of pace. We're obviously adjusting to the big change. So now we're just settling into our new routine.
Barrett is having surgery tomorrow. So in the last 3 1/2 years, this is the fifth surgery our family has gone through (2 c-sections for me, tubes and palate repair for Audrey and now Barrett's). Since he was born, he's had a clogged tear duct in his left eye. Fairly normal and usually goes away on its own, but Barrett's never did. It waters a lot and gets gunky. So we finally are getting it opened up. It's a pretty quick procedure but the thought of Barrett going under anesthesia is just so scary. So tired of taking my babies into the hospital for anesthesia and surgery!
So this is just a quick update on our lives lately! Please send prayers tomorrow for Barrett!
Monday, June 3, 2013
My Little Van Goghs
Lately I've been feeling like the Pied Piper of the 3 and Under set. Anywhere I go, I lead a parade. So if I need to buy myself a few minutes to get dinner ready, the latest trick I've found is coloring.
One day I had to run out to the garage to grab something out of the refrigerator and left the kids in the kitchen coloring. I was gone approximately 60 seconds. This is what I came back to:
Purple marker makes good lipstick, apparently
Audrey thought the red went better with her complexion
Audrey was quite upset that I didn't give her my phone as I was taking this picture. "Mine, Mine!" she was yelling.
Barrett's self portrait. He was pretty funny. He did this all unprompted and as I was looking at it, he said "Oh, I need to draw my belly." So he drew the circle in the middle and added a belly button. I think it's actually pretty good! Tim is a good artist, so it'd be nice if Barrett got some of his skill.
Uncanny resemblance!
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Minnesota Weekend
I have been in a constant routine of work and being a mom so when my college roommate Michele suggested a girls weekend away, I responded enthusiastically! We tried to find a reasonable trip down to Miami, Key West, Ft Meyers, etc but just couldn't find anything affordable or with decent flight times so decided instead to do a long weekend in Minneapolis the last weekend of April, where Michele lives. It ended up being a blast! I didn't take my camera so don't have many pictures to show for the weekend sadly.
I drove up on Wednesday. I was alarmed when I still was seeing ice and snow on the hillsides on the way up. The drive was pretty painful and I was starting to wish I'd flown but I ended up getting there around 6pm and we went to an awesome local Italian place for dinner.
Thursday
We slept in (you'll see that being the theme of the weekend!) and had a delicious homemade chocolate chip pancake breakfast. Then we took a long walk around Lake Nokomis with Michele's dog Riley. It was a little bit cold for me. I thought I was used to the cold, living in Chicago, but I will definitely concede that the Minnesotans know a cold I don't. Congrats to them? The walk was around 3 miles and so after we showered and got ready, we headed to the Mall of America.
I love shopping, so this was one of the things I wanted to do over our weekend and I'm glad Michele was up for it. I bought:
Nordstrom Rack - a pair of Paige Jimmy Jimmy skinny boyfriend jeans, and two pairs of shoes
Marshalls - a pair of Ralph Lauren brown sandals and a little Lightning McQueen car for Barrett, since his was somehow lost at school a few months ago
Gap - a blue plaid button down for Tim ($12!), a pink gingham button down for Barrett, and a navy sweater with hot pink hearts for me (no pictures online)
Old Navy - a couple of the Tami style tanks
I had my eye on a pair of over-the-knee leather boots at Steve Madden but lucky Michele got the last pair.
We headed back to Michele's and had a quick dinner of tilapia, salad and rice before heading out to a comedy show in downtown Minneapolis. Afterwards, we crossed the street and had a few cocktails at Crave. I had a (ok, 2) very delicious Crave martinis (Stolichnaya Razberi, Chambord, pineapple, Domaine Chandon Brut).
Friday
It was a gorgeous day. We were really lucky with the weather Friday and Saturday! We had breakfast and headed to Stillwater. It is a quaint little town on the St Croix River, bordering Wisconsin. It reminded me a lot of a smaller St Charles, MO, with its old homes and little shops. We ate lunch outside and had salads and I had a bloody mary. I haven't had one of those in years but, hey, I was on vacation, right? They served it with a little glass of beer. Is this a MN thing? I hadn't seen that before.
We walked around for a while, shopped a bit, had some mint chocolate chip ice cream (they called it mint bon-bon in the great North apparently) and headed back into the cities. We ended up on the northeast side of the city, at a little local brewery near Michele's friends house. It was named Indeed and we tried a few different beers. Some of Michele's friends came too and so did my friend Terese! She and her husband used to live in our area but they moved up to the Twin Cities a few years ago. It was great to see her again and catch up!
Saturday
What do you know, another beautiful day in Minnesota! We slept in (I was feeling pretty rested at this point!) and walked around the lake to a little breakfast place. Oh, was it good! I had a BLT omelet and lots of coffee.
Sufficiently caffienated, we drove to Minehaha Falls. Let me tell you, everyone was outside that day.
I drove up on Wednesday. I was alarmed when I still was seeing ice and snow on the hillsides on the way up. The drive was pretty painful and I was starting to wish I'd flown but I ended up getting there around 6pm and we went to an awesome local Italian place for dinner.
Thursday
We slept in (you'll see that being the theme of the weekend!) and had a delicious homemade chocolate chip pancake breakfast. Then we took a long walk around Lake Nokomis with Michele's dog Riley. It was a little bit cold for me. I thought I was used to the cold, living in Chicago, but I will definitely concede that the Minnesotans know a cold I don't. Congrats to them? The walk was around 3 miles and so after we showered and got ready, we headed to the Mall of America.
I love shopping, so this was one of the things I wanted to do over our weekend and I'm glad Michele was up for it. I bought:
Nordstrom Rack - a pair of Paige Jimmy Jimmy skinny boyfriend jeans, and two pairs of shoes
Old Navy - a couple of the Tami style tanks
I had my eye on a pair of over-the-knee leather boots at Steve Madden but lucky Michele got the last pair.
We headed back to Michele's and had a quick dinner of tilapia, salad and rice before heading out to a comedy show in downtown Minneapolis. Afterwards, we crossed the street and had a few cocktails at Crave. I had a (ok, 2) very delicious Crave martinis (Stolichnaya Razberi, Chambord, pineapple, Domaine Chandon Brut).
Friday
It was a gorgeous day. We were really lucky with the weather Friday and Saturday! We had breakfast and headed to Stillwater. It is a quaint little town on the St Croix River, bordering Wisconsin. It reminded me a lot of a smaller St Charles, MO, with its old homes and little shops. We ate lunch outside and had salads and I had a bloody mary. I haven't had one of those in years but, hey, I was on vacation, right? They served it with a little glass of beer. Is this a MN thing? I hadn't seen that before.
We walked around for a while, shopped a bit, had some mint chocolate chip ice cream (they called it mint bon-bon in the great North apparently) and headed back into the cities. We ended up on the northeast side of the city, at a little local brewery near Michele's friends house. It was named Indeed and we tried a few different beers. Some of Michele's friends came too and so did my friend Terese! She and her husband used to live in our area but they moved up to the Twin Cities a few years ago. It was great to see her again and catch up!
Saturday
What do you know, another beautiful day in Minnesota! We slept in (I was feeling pretty rested at this point!) and walked around the lake to a little breakfast place. Oh, was it good! I had a BLT omelet and lots of coffee.
Sufficiently caffienated, we drove to Minehaha Falls. Let me tell you, everyone was outside that day.
We walked around that area for a little while and then ventured into Uptown, an eclectic city-feeling area, which reminded me a lot of the Wicker Park area of Chicago. We did some sightseeing and walked down by Lake Calhoun before heading back to Michele's and then to her friend Sarah's for a cook out. I, of course, had to try the local drink a Big Ginger, which I'd seen people drinking so we stopped to buy the ingredients and do some grocery shopping for the cookout. It was delicious! It's: 1 part Irish whiskey, 4 parts ginger ale, some lime and lemon wedges squeezed in and for garnish, served over ice. I may have bought the ingredients to make these at home. We had a good time with some of Michele's friends. She has such a strong group of friends she's made up in MN and is so busy and active all the time!
Sunday
I was antsy to get on the road the next morning and get back to my beautiful babies, whom I missed tremendously! I left around 8am and got him around 2:15pm. I pulled into the driveway and a little towhead popped up in the front window with a smile and said "MOMMY!" (no it wasn't Tim, though I think he had the same sentiment)
Although I could never see myself living even further north than I already live, I started to understand what's appealing about living in Minneapolis. The lakes are beautiful, there seems to be a lot of things to do, the homes are charming, the cost of living was reasonable, and it's a city without feeling too harsh and urban. When the weather was nice on Friday and Saturday, everyone was out in droves. So many walkers, joggers, bikers and people out and enjoying the day. There was so much activity! I know Michele says there's a lot of activity in the winter too (ice fishing, broomball, races, etc) and that you have to get involved with that kind of activity or you'd go crazy. But I also learned about roof rakes and there was still a lot of snow and ice-covered lakes for being the last weekend of April, so that will likely deter me from moving there!
Tim did a great job taking care of the kids for those few days and I appreciated that I had the chance to get away for a long weekend and have some fun girl time. I had so much fun for the weekend and was glad to have a nice getaway, but there's no place like home, with my family of course!
Sunday
I was antsy to get on the road the next morning and get back to my beautiful babies, whom I missed tremendously! I left around 8am and got him around 2:15pm. I pulled into the driveway and a little towhead popped up in the front window with a smile and said "MOMMY!" (no it wasn't Tim, though I think he had the same sentiment)
Although I could never see myself living even further north than I already live, I started to understand what's appealing about living in Minneapolis. The lakes are beautiful, there seems to be a lot of things to do, the homes are charming, the cost of living was reasonable, and it's a city without feeling too harsh and urban. When the weather was nice on Friday and Saturday, everyone was out in droves. So many walkers, joggers, bikers and people out and enjoying the day. There was so much activity! I know Michele says there's a lot of activity in the winter too (ice fishing, broomball, races, etc) and that you have to get involved with that kind of activity or you'd go crazy. But I also learned about roof rakes and there was still a lot of snow and ice-covered lakes for being the last weekend of April, so that will likely deter me from moving there!
Tim did a great job taking care of the kids for those few days and I appreciated that I had the chance to get away for a long weekend and have some fun girl time. I had so much fun for the weekend and was glad to have a nice getaway, but there's no place like home, with my family of course!
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
And just one more...
This morning
Barrett: "I don't want to go to school today. I want to go to work with you."
me: "You wouldn't like Mommy's work. There's no playground and no friends and no books. It's not very much fun. Why would you want to go to work?"
Barrett: "I just want to be with you, Mommy," wrapping his arms around my legs and kissing them.
Awww!
This is age 3. A roller coaster of independence and snarly faces and backtalk and deliberately knocking glasses of milk off the table and throwing trains and cuddles and laughter and sweet kisses and sweet words and "I love you so much"s and discovery and joy.
Barrett: "I don't want to go to school today. I want to go to work with you."
me: "You wouldn't like Mommy's work. There's no playground and no friends and no books. It's not very much fun. Why would you want to go to work?"
Barrett: "I just want to be with you, Mommy," wrapping his arms around my legs and kissing them.
Awww!
This is age 3. A roller coaster of independence and snarly faces and backtalk and deliberately knocking glasses of milk off the table and throwing trains and cuddles and laughter and sweet kisses and sweet words and "I love you so much"s and discovery and joy.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Latest Barrett-isms
Having a 3 year old is a source of never-ending frustration and fun. 3 is definitely challenging but I will say, Barrett makes me laugh every single day. He's so sharp, aware, and funny. Here are the latest Barrett-isms:
B was quite interested in two dogs at his grandparents' house and kept wanting to see them and know what they were up to.
Barrett, to me: "What are the dogs' names?"
me: "I don't know. Why don't you ask?"
Barrett: "Maybe they don't talk"
Barrett is obsessed with his blue blanket. He carries it constantly around the house, snuggling it and chewing on it all the time.
Daddy: "No taking blankie into the grocery store. You need to leave it here in the car."
Barrett: "Okay. I chew it really quick."
proceeds to nibble on it for a few seconds. Then sets it aside.
Barret: "Okay. All done" and was ready to go.
I asked Audrey a question tonight, in the usual sing-song way of talking to an infant without expecting an answer. Barrett decided to set me straight.
Barrett: "Audrey doesn't talk."
me: " Well, Audrey will talk soon! What do you think she'll say when she will be able to talk?"
Barrett: "'Give me back my toys.'"
Yes. Probably.
B was quite interested in two dogs at his grandparents' house and kept wanting to see them and know what they were up to.
Barrett, to me: "What are the dogs' names?"
me: "I don't know. Why don't you ask?"
Barrett: "Maybe they don't talk"
Barrett is obsessed with his blue blanket. He carries it constantly around the house, snuggling it and chewing on it all the time.
Daddy: "No taking blankie into the grocery store. You need to leave it here in the car."
Barrett: "Okay. I chew it really quick."
proceeds to nibble on it for a few seconds. Then sets it aside.
Barret: "Okay. All done" and was ready to go.
I asked Audrey a question tonight, in the usual sing-song way of talking to an infant without expecting an answer. Barrett decided to set me straight.
Barrett: "Audrey doesn't talk."
me: " Well, Audrey will talk soon! What do you think she'll say when she will be able to talk?"
Barrett: "'Give me back my toys.'"
Yes. Probably.
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