Spill

One of my favorite things about kids with great verbal skills is the way they use their limited vocabulary to communicate.

Landon tonight: "I feel yucky in my mouth. I spill in my bed."

Daddy Joseph James

"AJ" is short for Aaron Joseph James. It's a name he really only hears when he's in trouble (and that can be several times a day!). Recently, though, he was upset with Daddy and hollered, "Daddy Joseph James!!!"

Venn Diagrams and Parallelograms

Aidyn, at breakfast this morning:
"I like Venn diagrams. And I like parallelograms."

October 25, 2012

We made a list for the neuromuscular appointment that he had last fall. Here's Landon's words as of 23 months old:

Raining
Hi, James. How are you?
Moon
Book
Truck
Car
Train/choo-choo
Ouch
More
All done
Cup/ba-ba
Thanks
You're welcome
Please
Yes, no
Happy
Sad
Oh darn it.
Window
Outside
Ready, set, go
Green
Blue
Yellow
Purple
Pink
Aidyn/sissy
AJ
Daddy/dad
Mama/mom
Eat
Lunch
Dinner
Hair
Nose
Mouth
Teeth
Belly
Toes
Finger
Open
Night night
Wake up
Sheep
Cow
Pig
Bear
Blues clues
Despicable me
Broccoli
Noodles
Milk
Shoes
Socks
Shirt
Hat
Fun
Funny
Ride
Out
Down
Up
Hi
Bye bye
Cookie
Cupcake
Cheerios
Ooo bar
Chair
Pillow
Blankie
Bed
Fishy
Kitty
Dog
Porch
Horsey
Diaper
Mess
Keys
Some
Potty
Cream
Powder
Remote
Thomas
Percy
Colors
Frances
Abbey
Jenna
Ashie
Seth
Mark
Nana
Papa
Mamie
Pappy
Jessie
Oh my goodness
Twinkle
Star
Circle
Triangle
In
Me
I love you
Backpack
This
Phone
Birds
Girls
Stroller
Chicken
Seat
Motorcycle
Jeep
Go kart
Juice
Cheese
Butter
Bread
Yogurt
Peaches
Apple
Banana
Hot
Water
Swing
Slide
Mine
Hooray
A, B, C, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, O, R, S, T, U, W, X
See/ I see it
I know/ I don't know
I can't get it
Reach it
Baby
Mia
Maya
Sticker
Bubbles
Go bye bye. Get shoes. Bye friends. See you later!
Crash
Freight car
Where
Find it
What happened
See mommy
Bouncy ball
Piano
Car car stuck. Can't reach it. Help. Come here.
Where is it?
You're welcome
Oh my goodness
Fine, mom!
What doing?
How doing?
What's up
Hey, dude!
Penguin
See me, Dad.
My fork.
Pancake
Cupcake
Pumpkin
Sit down
Couch
Floor
Knee
Neck
What's the problem?

Humpty Dumpty

At speech therapy a couple weeks ago AJ was playing Humpty Dumpty with his teacher and speech class. His teacher had to laugh because AJ was so very concerned each time Humpty had his great fall. Then they played a game where they were carrying a plastic egg on a spoon and AJ was so traumatized by the image of a broken Humpty that he was overly careful carrying his egg!

Seahorse

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151607050504602

Facebook Catch-Up

A few Facebook posts from recently (so I don't have to copy everything over to here):

http://www.facebook.com/tracy.mingo/posts/10151613359979602

http://www.facebook.com/tracy.mingo/posts/10151613780174602

http://www.facebook.com/tracy.mingo/posts/10151608889759602

http://www.facebook.com/tracy.mingo/posts/10151608881314602

http://www.facebook.com/tracy.mingo/posts/10151607336489602

Chuffed Away

Landon has learned how to put his own tracks together and makes up wonderful little stories about his engines.

The other day he exclaimed, "And they all chuffed away to the docks!!"

Figure 8

Landon noticed that his toast was the shape of an eight and poked holes to complete the look.

Frog

Aidyn got out all of her art supplies the other night just to draw the life cycle of a frog.

AJ

Daddy: "I'm gonna jump in the shower."

AJ [very concerned]: "You can't jump in the shower.  It's too high!"

Landon

Landon is getting old enough now to be saying hilarious things.  I've decided that it's a shame that I'm not writing them down for the boys the way I did for Aidyn, so here goes:

The other night:
Daddy: "Landon, say 'Sawubona.'"
Landon: "I can't not say it."
Daddy: "Why?"
Landon: "I'm too busy!"

Non-Fiction

[insert lame apology for not blogging in forever here]

Aidyn, tonight: "I need to tell you something important and it's non-fiction!"