The words are coming fast and furious now. We are constantly surprised by what AJ is coming up with. The other day when AJ and our nanny picked me up from the train, AJ asked me for my "back-berry," meaning he wanted to see my Blackberry e-mail device. He now also calls raspberries, one of his favorite foods, back-berries.
Then a few weeks ago, Joe was watching the Bears game on t.v. when the Bears had a last minute upset loss. Joe yelled an unprintable word at the t.v., and AJ promptly ran toward the t.v. shouting the same word. Way to go, dada! Luckily, Joe's mom was over and promptly told Joe that language would have to stop immediately, so I didn't even need to weigh in. When Grandma talks, daddy listens. I think Joe was a little embarrassed to hear AJ saying that word. Live and learn.
Tonight Joe got home from a business trip to find AJ running around with handfuls of play dollar bills shouting mun--ney! I think it warmed Joe's heart to hear his son so enthusiastic about the dollar and capitalism.
Other new words include camel, bear, muffin, cupcake, zan-ya (lasagna), drink, juice, apple, carrot, cold, hot, home, kiss, pretty, hah-mer (hammer), scissors, knigh (knife), cut and gah-bage (garbage). He is also starting to put together two words in combination, such as up high, get down, and all done. My favorite new language skill is watching him associate objects and words with people. For example, he is very observant about what people eat and drink and points this out to anyone who will listen. He points at wine bottles, wine in a glass or just an empty wine glass and says da-da! Then he will point at a tea cup and say gand-ma! When he spots a beer in the refrigerator door it gets a pap-pa! (for grandpa). Last weekend my mom was visting and she had half a Corona in the kitchen while cooking. AJ saw the empty bottle on the counter after she had left for home and said affectionately "gand-ma!"
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