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if only i understood
By heather | February 6, 2009
This morning I realized halfway to work that I forgot my cell phone. Since I can’t have it with me at my desk anyway, not having a phone would only be a problem if I were to get stuck in traffic on the way to pick up the kidlets so I didn’t bother to turn around and get it.
I called Brett when I got to work to let him know. “That’s funny,” he said, “because after you left this morning Alex kept pointing to the counter and saying, ‘Mama sell-e-sone! Mama sell-e-sone!’ I didn’t know what he was talking about.”
What’s that Lassie? Fire?
I started thinking that maybe I should pay more attention when Alex is trying to tell me things. His speech gets better every day, but I often find myself having this conversation:
Alex: Tuck tuss!
Me: Tractor?
Alex: NOOOO! Tuck tuss!
Me: Um, traffic?
Alex: Nope. Nope. Tuck TUSS!
Me: Building? You dropped your shoe? Emily Kate?
Alex: NOOOOooooooo…TUCK. TUSS!
Me: Ohhhh, school bus. Gotcha.
Alex (exasperated): Yee-aaah! Tuck tuss!
Usually these conversations take place in the car and turning around to look at him and see what he’s pointing at would cause me to rear end said school bus so I just nod and say, “Ohhhhh, OK. Uh huh.” Which makes me feel bad because this is my offspring dangit, we should be CONNECTED with our own special TWIN LANGUAGE. Plus, he totally knows when I’m faking it.
What if I’m missing out on the secrets of the universe because I don’t understand? It’s obvious Alex has much better attention to detail than I do. This is the kid who crawls around the kitchen floor sticking toast crumbs to his finger and putting them in the trash. Perhaps by now I would have won the lottery if only I realized that when he’s counting he skips eight for a reason.
Miss Sue has told us that he runs to tell her when the dryer finishes, when the coffee maker is done brewing, and that the dog is barking. If he gets there in the morning and her daughter isn’t down for school yet, he inquires as to where she is. She feels confident between that and his button pushing skillz that her household would run quite well without her should she need a vacation.
I have a feeling very shortly I’ll be hearing the one phrase that I’ll understand, “I told you so.”
Miz-Undastood…
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Topics: Alex, toddler stuff | 3 Comments »
Tags: say what?
February 6th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Thru my crusty flu I lol! Bliss;-)
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February 7th, 2009 at 2:30 am
I could have totally written this post because I’m going through the exact same thing right now. Except Ashlyn calls them “stoo bah!” And every big truck is a stoo bah whether it really is or not. My favorite thing right now is she says, “guess wha” I say “what?” and she procedes to tell me what without one clear, recognizable word in there and then we both laugh. Fun times
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February 15th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
If there is a chance he may be able to produce the winning lottery numbers, give him a sheet of paper with the numbers 1 to 49 and have him color the six numbers he likes best.
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