In case you've never been around when he's comfortable, Josiah talks constantly. Here are some of his common phrases lately:
"Today on the Island of Sodor." "Then there was trouble." "Thomas ran right into a ditch."Most of the time he's narrating some sort of Thomas the Train story of his own making.
"Actually, it goes this way." "Actually, my name is Duncan." Apparently, Mama says "actually" a lot.
"Did you charge the iPod?" He's very picky about the music he listens to. I have a playlist on the iPod we listen to in the car, but we don't have a car charger for the iPod (birthday present, anyone?). So I always have to remember to take it inside, charge it, and bring it out. It's very upsetting when I don't.
"Aww...Baby Micah." "He's so precious." "He's so wittle."
Picture this in a child's version of an adult baby voice.
"I want to give him a funny kiss and a funny hug" " Can Micah sleep on my bed?""Mama, don't twist your hair."He's obsessive about my hair not being in a ponytail. He notices right away. Sometimes I tell him that it's too hot, and I have to do it, but I'll take it down later. He always reminds me of my promise.
"Oooh pretty."But not about anything one would immediately label pretty. For example, we had to get a piece of glass cut in a warehouse-type place. We walk into the 70s-style, musty office and he gives a dramatic "pretty."
"Last night" and "After my nap"Anything in the past is "last night." Anything in the future is "after my nap." A toddler's concept of time. One funny example: "I petted a meercat last night. It was so sweet."
"I don't need to use the potty."Normally before and after a telling silence. Sigh.
And some humorous ones:
One of his favorite songs is "After the Last Tear Falls" by Andrew Peterson. Which is a kind of heavy song about sin and longing for heaven. He calls it the "Love, Love, Love" song. There's a line in it that says, "After the last young husband goes off to join the war." We listened to it in the car the other day, and he randomly said, "It says husband." I figured he wanted a definition. I said, "Yes, husband, like Daddy is Mama's husband. I'm his wife." Josiah said, "No, the song says husband. You sing soldier." He actually recognized one word that I had been singing incorrectly when I sing it for him at bed time.
Josiah: "I want Micah to eat from Daddy's tummy"
Or "How about I feed Baby Micah?" He proceeds to lift up his shirt...
And spent probably an hour, finding the pool, finding the pump, inflating the pool, filling it with water. I remember being a kid and thinking, "Why does it take mom and dad forever to do things?" It's interesting to see it from the other side now, and wonder why these kids don't appreciate all the things we do for them. :) Josiah couldn't wait and hopped in while it was filling.
I don't think the pool would be half as much fun without the slide.
Micah pondering life's great questions: "Is this my hand?" "How does it taste?" "Is time to eat again?"
He's finally being a normal kid and trying to climb up the slide. He used to scold other kids for doing it.
"That was fun! Let's do it again"
"This hand is so tasty."
Micah dipped his pudgy little toes in the water.
Pouring water "down the drain."
I tried to encourage swimming lessons telling him to practice kicking.
