Four years ago, Part II

Those fat cheeks! Swoon!

Georgie's spelling vocabulary

Here is a nonexhaustive list of words George can reliably spell:

George
Mommy
brat
stop
the
to
and
on
in
no
Jameson (a friend)
Jamison (a street)
Allyson
Josh
Colton
Emerson
Kiernan
Katelyn

He also knows what these signs are:

?
! (he calls it the "shouting thing")
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Quote of the Day

Today, when Mommy went to Georgie's room to get him up, she found him sitting in bed clutching his pillow. As soon as he saw her, he jumped up, smiled, and announced, "I'm happy!"

More Pestyisms

1) Weedabook or Weedabook NOW!: Means read this book to me now, or else I will keep shoving it in your face until you submit to my will. Right now his favorites are the Elmo books and Alphabet Trucks books he got from Grandma and Papa.

2) BM: Means "the end." What Georgie says when he flips to the end of the book while you're mid-sentence. He then slams the book shut and shoves another one in your face.

3) Watchashow: Means "watch a show." Georgie will plop down on the couch and shout "watchashow" until you find something with Elmo for him to watch.

4) Webel: Means "level," aka video games. He shouts "webel!" whenever his big brothers are playing video games. This is a corruption of "level," as in, "Daddy, can I please finish this level?" Georgie saw an ad with Super Mario on it at Target and shouted "webel!"

Georgie vocabulary update

Georgie has been rather slow to talk, preferring to express his fussy wants and needs with his fists. Now that his vocabulary is exploding, we'd like to share some highlights:

1) Gee-doo: Means "thank you." Sometimes he says "gee-doo" over and over again to compel you to do what he wants. Mommy and Daddy call this his "aggressive gee-doo."

2) Bo bell-bome: Means "you're welcome."

3) Fie-tuck: Means "fire truck," but includes other large vehicles such as FedEx trucks. Every vehicle Georgie sees is a "fie-tuck" or a "boo bus," as explained below.

4) Boo bus: Means "school bus." Also refers to any bus or train he sees.

5) I did it, dies!: Means "I did it, guys!" Georgie usually exclaims this when he's accomplished a particularly naughty feat of pudgetry.

More to come later once we think of more "Pestyisms."

Spectator sport

Here is Georgie's insightful commentary about the swordfight we had in the kitchen after dinner. 

And here is our (carefully choreographed) swordfight!

Trillpudget

Gurglepudget

Talking back

Thanks to my linguistic prowess, Henry is learning how to talk in leaps and bounds. Here are some anecdotes:

(1) When Henry ate his first bite of cupcake, he said, "Mmm, good!" Then he looked at Mommy, smiled, and said, "Mommy good!"

(2) When Henry stood on top of Mommy's legs to watch Sesame Street, she asked, "Why do you always have to stand on me?" To which he replied, saucily, "Because" (his first time using that word!).

New words update, 8/8/09

Here are Henry's latest new words:

1) Ball
2) Tada!
3) Boo!
4) Shoe
5) Da-dai ("outside")

Erratum: "up" apparently means "help," not up as previously reported.

New words update

1) Ow--"cat" (short for "meow"); often uttered when glimpsing Hello Kitty products

2) Ilk--"milk"

3) Gee--"OJ"

4) Up--can also mean "down," just as ba-baaaa means give or take

5) Gah--"car" and other mechanical objects, such as helicopters and ceiling fans

Henry's latest words

1) Babooooo--apples (as opposed to "babaaaaa," which means other types of foods)

2) Kakah--cracker (usually graham)

3) Wa-wa--water

4) Eesh--please; can be used in combination with above, such as "babooooo-eesh?"

5) Eye--usually said when trying to poke you there

6) Knee

Henry's vocabulary

At about 15 months, here are the words Henry can say:

1) Deh!--what he says when he throws something (like the Burgerville french fry he pitched over the back seat of the car and into the trunk this evening)

2) Mama

3) Ba-baaaah!--what he says when he wants food (usually Ritz crackers)

4) Dah-jee--his word for "doggy" and other 4-legged creatures

5) Eh-oh--his latest word, a variant of "uh oh"

The Big Squeeze

The knights who say "Neh"?