Learning Language

Both Brady and Cate love to talk! Brady more

or less narrates his whole day ("I put my paci in my mouth," "I hold your shoulder, I don't hold your head.") He is very expressive with his emotions: "I am upset with you!" - which is said while he has his face scrunched up and his brow furrowed. He is also using the word "stupid" a lot this week. We try to remind him that it's a nasty word and he sounds like a nasty boy when he says it. He retorts "it's not a nasty word." Very smart, this boy. He is also trying to convince me that donuts are not special - so that we can go to Dunkin Donuts every day on the way to school.

And Cate is a whiz already with the language. She is stringing 3 and 4 words together: "not working, mama" or "don't want it, mama." She is a parrot! She will repeat nearly everything you say, right after you say it. She is committed!

As Brady and Cate learn English there are some pretty funny word interpretations, pronunciations and combinations that evolve. Here are some of our favorites parts of their vocabularies:

Brady:

Daddy's Cereal for the New Year = Frosted Rice Krispies (in December they were known as "Daddy's Cereal for Christmas")
Daddy's Cereal = Cinnamon Life

Lightming NaQueen

Grilled Cheese Store = Village Burger

Biscuit Store = Flying Biscuit

Pizza Store = Mellow Mushroom

Donut Store = Dunkin' Donuts

Restaurank = Taco Mac
"Put my blanket on me and spread it."

"It takes time."

Old McFarnul = Old MacDonald

Lemolade = lemonade
"Cars 2, that's my favorite movie."

"Blue, that's my favorite color I ever seen before in my life!"

Cate:

Brah-eee = Brady

Tate = Cate

Rah-eee = Lovey

Eee-pop = lollipop

Scoop Scoop = scoot scoot, which describes how she gets down the stairs

Faffle = waffle

Dat one, Dah-ee Cereal = "I want that one, Daddy's Cereal (Cinnamon Life)"

Tommee = Thomas the Train

Dat one, Lion King = Lion King (the movie), or any lion.

Happy Moon = "Happy Birthday Moon"

Ha-y-dir-dog = "Harry the Dirty Dog"

Cah-Milk = chocolate milk

Appo JEEU-ce = apple juice

Simp = chimp (as in "Wonder Pets Save the Baby Chimp")

Sink = chink (the sound glasses make when you toast) = "Cheers"

No dah-eee

"Dirry diapuh, yuck!" = umm...you can figure that one out.

"Runnee runnee!" = "Look at me everyone, I am running!"

Bahye-let = Violet

By-mins = Vitamins