Kids Say the Darndest Things

I haven't gotten a chance to upload any new photos, so I thought I would write about something that's been making me smile and laugh out loud every day lately...the language of a 3 year old. I have always thought Collin's speech and language was a little advanced (sorry speech therapy friends if this is not true and I'm just a biased and proud mommy!). Before I make you smile (hopefully) with Collin's new words and sayings, I wanted to look back at some of my favorite moments in his language development.

First Words: car, mama, dada, uh oh. I honestly can't remember when he said his first word (sorry Collin), but I know it was before he turned 1. "Uh oh" was around 11 months and I know the other 3 came before that. He was speaking sentences pretty early too. Here's one of my favorite videos. In case you can't make it out (which you probably won't be able to), he says "move your hand please." It's at the very beginning. If you watch the whole thing, no, I'm not sure what he puts in his mouth off the floor.



First Signs: Collin started signing "more" when he was about 9 months old. It started out when he was eating and continued on to other things. He actually started using it too much in that he would just crawl over to something (i.e. the loud musical stuffed animals we got out around Christmas time) and sign more indicating he wanted us to turn them on. But at least we knew what he meant. We had to explain it to everyone else who just thought he was clapping. He also signed "all done" during mealtimes and "milk" when it was time for a bottle. The only other sign we taught was "sorry" which he still uses in addition to saying the word. However, instead of signing on his own chest, he signs it on the person he's telling he's sorry. Okay for mommy and daddy, but gets a little awkward with other people.

Past Favorites: One of my favorite "mix ups" was that he used to call Winnie the Pooh "shampoo". He also said "hold you" instead of "hold me". One of the best was that he called his blanket "mat". This took us a while to figure out, but it was because at school at naptime, his teachers would tell him to get his mat. He thought they were talking about the blanket. He still occasionally refers to his blanket as "mat". And so do I. When he was 2, he started being able to recite books from memory that we read ALL. THE. TIME. Many of you have probably already seen these videos, but here is Collin "reading" Brown Bear and Panda Bear at age 2.





Okay, so if you are still reading, here are some of my current favorites, including new words/sayings, "mix ups", and incredibly southern words.
1. Totally
2. Actually
3. Perhaps
4. Definitely
5. That is bisgusting.
6. Whew, that was clost (close).
7. Good as new.
8. No, that doesn't sound like a plan.
9. That was what the problem was.
10. "Whistling" for the dog or Katelyn. Wish I had a video of this. Maybe I'll post that one day soon. Picture Woody calling Bullseye (his horse) in Toy Story 2.
11. What in the world? (World has about 3 syllables...something like "worold".
12. Y'all
13. Referring to mom and dad as "guys". As in "let's go guys" or "okay, guys?"
14. Watermelon (more like watermailon).
15. Yeah (also with about 3 syllables...more like yayuh).
16. Mus-nic instead of music. Not sure where this came from, but it has persisted for a long time.
17. That's not useful. (Said for the first time today when referring to his Crest Spinbrushes that ran out of batteries.)

Well, off to take Katelyn to the doctor for an ear re-check. (Edit: Since the videos were giving me trouble this morning, I couldn't publish then, so we've already been to the doctor. Ears were fine. Our little chubby girl has gained a pound in 3 weeks. She's up to 17 lbs. 6 oz!)

Hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend. Pics of last weekend's adventures coming soon!