Say What?

Edith has been starting to talk more and more. We've sort of stopped introducing any more signing.  She hasn't really picked up too many more new signs, and it attempting to actually say words. Currently words she can say are:

• please
• no
• yeah
• Eddie
• Mama
• Dada
• up
• hop
• JoJo

She will often try to repeat words if you ask her, but some words she just laughs at you when you ask her to say them.  One that I try daily is "Sammy". I do it for my own amusement now - it's almost like she laughs because she is knows she can't say the word!

Eddie on the other hand is a talking machine. The stuff that he comes up with is so funny sometimes. I really want to get better at recording what he says - especially the funny stuff.  Lately he has been very vocal when he doesn't want you doing something.  He'll say "Don't do that Mommy" when I sit in the wrong spot. Or he told Uncas to "Stop doing that" when Uncas was making the beeping sound while backing up the car!  He will also talk to Edith a lot which I find interesting because she doesn't really respond to him (unless you count ear piercing screaming when he's taking a toy out of her hand while asking her and she's not done with it).

Eddie's imagination when he plays is astounding to me! Last week he was using his toy phone and calling Daddy to get his order for "Old McDonalds" (which is what he calls McDonalds). It went something like this:

Yelling into the phone

"Daddy, do you want Diet Coke for your order at Old McDonalds?"

"Daddy, do you want a hang-gerburger from Old McDonalds?"

"Do you want pizza from Old McDonalds?"

Mama: "Old McDonalds doesn't have pizza"

Eddie: "oh" pause "Do you want chicken from Old McDonalds?"

I'm hoping to try and write down some funny things both kids say and feature them here more often.