Wordsmith

Owen’s vocabulary has been expanding rapidly lately. Steve and I are able to understand about 99% of what he says (although sometimes he has to repeat himself a couple times before we figure it out.) I would guesstimate that other people can understand about 60% of what he says?

Steve and I have been in constant awe of his communication over the last month or so. He is memorizing pages of books and will be able to remember them after only hearing the book once or twice. His sentences are getting longer and longer – he said one the other day that consisted of nine words. Before bed each night, Steve or I will ask him about his day and he’s able to recall and explain different parts of the day and what he did. What has really been impressing us are the sentences he says that are his own (ones that are not just mimicking things that we say all the time.) He has a lot going on in that head of his and it’s so cool to hear him talk about it.

There have been a couple sentences he has said lately that have made me laugh and I thought to myself, “I should write that down.” So I am. I can only think of three right now so as I remember more, I will add them to the list.

• (Opening the freezer and grabbing the ice cream container.) “This is called, ‘ice cream.’”
• (I’m in his room and he’s playing at the sink in the bathroom.) “I’m making a MESS!”
• (Reading his garbage truck book and spelling out STOP!) “S – T – O – P stop. What’s that?” (pointing to the exclamation point) Me: “It’s an exclamation point. It means you have to yell, STOP!” Owen: “S-T-O-P-X point. STOP!”

I always like blog posts with pictures so here is one I took yesterday that has nothing to do with this post. It’s just that Owen loves his Mr. Potato Head’s glasses and wears them a good portion of everyday. It makes me laugh every time.