It's crazy how one day, all of a sudden, you realize you child understands what you are saying to them. Here is the proof: the other day as we were getting ready to leave the house, I was sitting in front of the door putting my shoes on. Bent's shoes were across the room, and seeing as I didn't feel like getting up to get them, I asked B to get his shoes. He then causually walked over to them, picked them up, and brought them over to me.
It's times like these when I realize he not so much a baby anymore, but a toddler.
I'm not sure I like the sound of that.
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Things I have to put in print or I will forget:
(2/10/2011) B, running out of the play room: "Mom, my car just flew through the tunnel off the ramp!!"
Me: "Cool, buddy!"
Running back to his room, paused and looked back and said in a serious voice: "It's because it has magic in it."
(11/11/2010) Bentley was watching me pick up toys in our backyard after a downpour so they could dry, shouted at me through the window: "Mom! Thanks for being such a great helper!!"
I was looking at some really cute outfits my sister bought for Blake.
B: "Did Jody get those outfits for Blake?"
Me: "Yeah, she did!"
B: "Oh. That was nice of her!"
B, noticing a cut I had on my toe: "Mom, how did you hurt your toe?"
Me: "On one of your toys, remember?"
B: "Oh, one of my freaking toys?"
Me, laughing: "Yeah, that's probably what I said at the time!"
(After finding B, who we thought was asleep for the night, on his bed with ALL the blankets he owns on it, with his diaper off, sitting next to a puddle of pee on the mattress:)
Me: "I'm not happy with you."
B: "I'm not happy with me, either."
(A conversation between B and his Nana while we were in Dallas. Not sure what they were debating over, but it is still funny.)
My mom: "Yes, it is."
B: "No, it's not."
My mom: "Yes, Bentley, it is."
B: "No it's not, you little liar!!"
Note to self: Don't call your son a little liar, even in jest.
Me: "Cool, buddy!"
Running back to his room, paused and looked back and said in a serious voice: "It's because it has magic in it."
(11/11/2010) Bentley was watching me pick up toys in our backyard after a downpour so they could dry, shouted at me through the window: "Mom! Thanks for being such a great helper!!"
I was looking at some really cute outfits my sister bought for Blake.
B: "Did Jody get those outfits for Blake?"
Me: "Yeah, she did!"
B: "Oh. That was nice of her!"
B, noticing a cut I had on my toe: "Mom, how did you hurt your toe?"
Me: "On one of your toys, remember?"
B: "Oh, one of my freaking toys?"
Me, laughing: "Yeah, that's probably what I said at the time!"
(After finding B, who we thought was asleep for the night, on his bed with ALL the blankets he owns on it, with his diaper off, sitting next to a puddle of pee on the mattress:)
Me: "I'm not happy with you."
B: "I'm not happy with me, either."
(A conversation between B and his Nana while we were in Dallas. Not sure what they were debating over, but it is still funny.)
My mom: "Yes, it is."
B: "No, it's not."
My mom: "Yes, Bentley, it is."
B: "No it's not, you little liar!!"
Note to self: Don't call your son a little liar, even in jest.
4 comments:
That is EXACTLY how I figured out that Dean understood simple tasks like that. That was also when I began asking him to bring me diapers for diaper changes and to throw the dirty ones away. LOL - I figure, if I have to change those dreadful diapers, he should do some of the work, too (besides dirtying them).
Careful with the garbage idea though. They'll put anything in there at first. ;0)
It's amazing how much kids understand even when they can't necessarily express themselves. Or at least that's how I feel about the kids here. I could probably tell my kids just about anything and they'd get it. Whether or not they can make a complete sentence without Chinglish all over it is another question...
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Watch out Chels! Before you know if he will be talking back to you! It's fun to see them grow and understand, but sometimes you just wish they could stay little longer!
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