While Adarius’ vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds just two weeks before his second birthday, I have noticed a pattern emerging in his choice of first phrases and sentences. I think I’ll call them “Sentences of Survival” . I decided to share with you a sampling of his favorite things to say, as it will surely brighten your day:
“I want a booby!” This is far and away the sentence used with the most frequency and assertiveness. He is my last though, so I’ll try to enjoy every minute of his demands.
“I had that!” He is finally able to defend himself with more than just an ear-stabbing scream. This sentence is generally reserved for his own protection, against the grabbing hands of his three year old brother.
“I want a cookie!” Aside from the obvious nutrition he gains from the first Survival Sentence I listed, cookies are his favorite food group. I guess it’s true that cookies and milk go hand in hand.
“I doo-doo!” He means this in the past tense…and he means that you need to hurry up and get this crap (literally) off of him.
His classic favorite (and not a sentence at all) is one that he has in common with most every other little person under the age of three. He says it often and with the most conviction a toddler could convey, and that is simply:
“NO!”
I have an almost 2yr old also and No is her favorite also… getting a little tired of that. Which is why she screams “i’m tired of that” to my son now and again. These toddlers are something else arent they? I wouldn’t trade her sassy personality for anything in the world. 🙂