A Moo Moo Here, and A Moo Moo There

Oh the things my kids say. I love it!! Maddux is always talking, but now she's making more sense. She is big BIG into animals; she loves to know what noise they make. Her bear growl is awesome...I'll try to get some video posted for those of you who haven't experienced it first hand. Her favorite thing to do is take one of her bear figurines (the polar bear is her favorite) or a teddy bear and chase you with it, growling the whole time. She thinks it is hilarious. (And she's right!!) Maddie can tell you that an owl says, "Whoooo", a cat says, "meow-meow", a cow says, "boooo" (we're working on that), a monkey says, "Oooh Eeeee", and a rooster says, "ock-a-doooo". She will point up to where we have the animals displayed, nod her head and make one of the animal noises, in the hopes we'll get it for her to play with.

Maddux is also getting better at words that should help her in daily life. She says, "Moh" for 'more' and "Seeeeees" for 'cheese'. She often finishes her milk and lifts the glass towards me as she calls out, "MOOOOHHHH!!!" It helps that she tries to wink at me, to remind me that she's both cute and a charmer. Her wink is a double blink, but it's very deliberate. Maddie will make eye contact with you first, staring you down. Then she'll blink both eyes, very pronounced, and she might follow it up with some double squinting.

Eli has come up with some new verbiage also. He hears everything we say and he obviously stores it deep in his head because the things I hear come out of his mouth are things Lehr and I say throughout the day. My favorite right now is his "How's your day doin'?", but I already told you about that. My other favorite is his description of what people around him do. He'll put his guitar over his shoulder a certain way because the guitar player at church does it that way. Or he'll wear a shirt tucked in because D does it that way. However, he doesn't say it quite that way; Eli's version is "Daddy doo-s that." Last night he put his hands in his pockets and said, "Look! My hands are in my pockets. Daddy doo-s that too." (By the way, I realize the last two examples are not grammatically correct, but I have yet to really correct Eli. It's just too cute to hear him say it the way he does. For now I'll just talk the right way and I know he'll figure it out soon enough.)

The last example is the newest. Lehr and I say "Every day I do...WAADA WAADA WAAA!" from time to time, in response to a question. It's a little inside joke which came from this ESPN commercial starring Tracy Morgan. A few times in the last few days, Eli has told me "All day I do." The first time he said it, I didn't understand. Especially because Eli didn't grin or get giggly when he said it. He just said, "Yes. All day I do." But the second or third time I heard it, it hit me. Funny stuff.....