'Picy

That's what Eli says when a food is hot or spicy: 'picy. He said it a few times on our trip last week, but last night took the cake. We went to Willy's for dinner (a staple in our house), and Eli ate his whole burrito bowl, as usual. (That is an adult helping, by the way.) Then he started looking for more, so we offered him some of the regular salsa, which is mostly cut up tomatoes. He didn't like that idea, but he wanted to try the other 'dip'. We told him it might be hot, but allowed him to try a chip in it. He did fine for the first few bites and then all of the sudden he got the funniest look on his face (similar to his sand-eating face) and he said, " 'PICY!!!", as he put the chip down and grabbed his water. Lehr and I were laughing hysterically because after he sipped the water, he went back for more several times, repeating the " 'picy" acknowledgement each time.

I keep talking about it, but the language explosion continues each day. Yesterday Eli told me "habber. pix. washer-dryer. broke-d." Translation: our washer and dryer were broken (replaced last night) and he wanted to take his hammer into the laundry room to fix them. His sentence structure could use some work, but he strings at least three words together most of the time now. I feel like he was still speaking in single-word-sentences only a few weeks ago!