Another Precocious Story

Gavin's language is really exploding this week and he is comprehending how to string three or four words together to form sentences. Some of the things he says are hysterical and I can barely believe a 20-month-old child can process them. But then again, I wonder how much of what he says he fully comprehends?

He was in his high chair during lunch today, entertaining me with his little rendition of "Ice, Ice, Baby" (we believe in teaching him only the highest quality songs from the '80s), when he abruptly stopped singing and said, "Ice is frozen water."

Yeah, I doubt even Vanilla Ice knows that bit of information.

Be Careful About What You Say

All I can say is we never should have said "goofball" around Gavin. Gavin to his dad yesterday:

"Don't do it...goofball!"

Oh, my.

Conversations

Gavin and I are finally having some meaningful conversations...he talks to me about Starbucks and other beverages mostly. Here are a couple of recent exchanges:

In the drive through line at Starbucks about a week ago:

Me (placing my order at the loudspeaker): "I'd like a gingerbread latte."

Gavin: "No whip!"

I'm so glad he's keeping me committed to good health.

And then there's the other day when I asked him if he wanted some milk. Gavin looked at me and said, "Fresh milk!"

Mmmm.

Other fun little phrases right now that crack us up:

"Peace out, Daddy!"

"Oh, man!"

"No means no, an no means yes."

"Stop it, Joey!"

"Wan watch Wah-Pets show!" (I want to watch Wonder Pets!)

"Baby say goo-goo, ga-ga!" (said with a giggle!)

"Hewwo!" (Hello!)

"Dis is sewious!" (This is serious!)

Can you tell the kid has only ever seen the Wonder Pets show? He even has the song down, singing, "La la la...TEAMWORK!...ba ba ba...TEAMWORK!"

Too cute.