Let me just say, I love the way Owen talks. His little voice is so cute, he talks all the time, and you just never know what's going to come out of his mouth. Its so fun to hear him trying to construct sentences and figure out this complicated language we speak. Most of the time now he is able to spit out a complete sentence, noun, verb and subject, but he still has some of his very own "isms"--Owenisms :)
My do it-Any time Owen wants to do something himself, like brush his teeth, carry a bag or buckle his carseat, "My do it Mama! My do it!"
Mine turn-When he decides someone else is done playing with a toy, and its his turn to play, "Mine Turn!"
Mines-If Judah or Naomi try to touch one of his Lightening McQueen cars, "NO! MINES!" (its usually yelled)
My Body- Any time anyone tries to touch Owen when he is not in a playful or willing mood, "No! My body! MINES!"
And recently Owen has picked up a somewhat Canadian accent by adding the "ah" sound to the end of many of his words. He says "Train-ah" (twainah)and "McQueen-ah" (makeenah)and not only that, but he says home, phone, and Owen with a long O accent, as in hooome, phooone, and Ooowen"
He's a funny one eh? :)
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Peas Anyone?
Ahhh, welcome to the Terrific Twos! Let the stories commence-
At dinner this week Owen was left to his own devices for several minutes while we cleaned up. When I returned to help him finish up his dinner I found that had stuck peas into his nostrils! "I peas in a nose mama!" Great Owen, thanks for the info! I was able to use my nails to pluck a pea out of each nostril and then when I crouched down and looked up at his nose I saw that there was one more in the right side pushed pretty far up there. I frantically called Robert over and by covering the unobstructed side of his nose and getting him to blow we got the pea to come down far enough that I could then pluck it out...thank goodness!
Trip #1 to the ER diverted, but stay tuned...ya never know with a curious 2 yr old around!
At dinner this week Owen was left to his own devices for several minutes while we cleaned up. When I returned to help him finish up his dinner I found that had stuck peas into his nostrils! "I peas in a nose mama!" Great Owen, thanks for the info! I was able to use my nails to pluck a pea out of each nostril and then when I crouched down and looked up at his nose I saw that there was one more in the right side pushed pretty far up there. I frantically called Robert over and by covering the unobstructed side of his nose and getting him to blow we got the pea to come down far enough that I could then pluck it out...thank goodness!
Trip #1 to the ER diverted, but stay tuned...ya never know with a curious 2 yr old around!
Memories...
We've started noticing that Owen has very vivid memories of certain things and its always fun to get him to talk about his version of these early memories. It all started when we were shopping in Target and from the shopping cart I heard a very clear "I go a El-en-ois Mama, I see Gapa" (which translates to I want to go to IL and see Grandpa). Coming from this barely 2 yr old I figured I must have made that up in my head so I started to ask a few questions-
Me: "Owen, do you want to see Grandpa in IL?"
Owen: "YES!"
Me: "What is in IL?"
Owen: "Gapa"
Me: "Grandpa?"
Owen: "YES!"
Me: "What else is in IL?"
Owen: "A Gapa car! Gapa car in the garage door...garage door goes up, down, up down. Daddy push a button in Gapa car"
I apparently heard him 100% correctly and ever since then we can ask him questions about who else lives in IL, how do we get there (daddy's car or airplane have been his answers)and what he wants to do there ("play with Mack truck a el-en-ois" or "I ride Gapa car"). At least once a day either in play or in conversation he lets me know about his desires to get to IL...he has even grabbed his little luggage and taken it over to the front door saying "I take a backpack a el-en-ois a see gapa, peas mama!"
Another cute thing we noticed is that he can now react with emotions to his memories. A few days ago we were playing hide-n-seek and Owen and I ran to hide with the lights off down stairs. We are not very quiet when hide so Robert knew just where to find us and when he came into the room he banged very loudly on the door. Owen and first got scared but when I screamed and Robert came running in to tickle us Owen thought it was just hysterical. But what we thought was funny was that for the rest of the night, Owen would recall Robert banging on the door and just start cracking up. He would say "Daddy bang bang a door" and then just let out this deep belly laugh that was so genuine and cute. Over and over again he recalled that memory and laughed every time.
And a final thought on memories is just something that happened last night that I was amazed by. I feel like I am constantly amazed by this growing little guy and everyday I wonder what more he will come up with. So we had friends over last night and the girls were all in the dining room talking when Owen came over. Someone asked Owen if he had gone to a baseball game and he said "yes!" She asked what he did at the baseball game and Owen said "a bat a ball!" and then when asked what-else he said "a fireworks!" (they lit off fireworks during the National Anthem and when the Nat's scored) When asked again what else he did he said "A choo-choo" which was also correct because we took the metro train into the city to get to the game. He was asked what he ate at the baseball game and he thought really hard and while he was thinking I'm standing there going, hmm, what did he eat? and suddenly he answers "I eat a french fry!" At this point I am shocked and want to just keeping asking more and more questions even though he has clearly demonstrated his ability to remember the fun experiences we have. A final question that he was also able to recall from that night was that he rode in the backpack carrier in the train to the game. He loved being in the backpack carrier and thought it was great...I think its great that he can remember so much and that we can have conversations about the fun things we have done as a family. So fun, and now I can't wait to make more!
Me: "Owen, do you want to see Grandpa in IL?"
Owen: "YES!"
Me: "What is in IL?"
Owen: "Gapa"
Me: "Grandpa?"
Owen: "YES!"
Me: "What else is in IL?"
Owen: "A Gapa car! Gapa car in the garage door...garage door goes up, down, up down. Daddy push a button in Gapa car"
I apparently heard him 100% correctly and ever since then we can ask him questions about who else lives in IL, how do we get there (daddy's car or airplane have been his answers)and what he wants to do there ("play with Mack truck a el-en-ois" or "I ride Gapa car"). At least once a day either in play or in conversation he lets me know about his desires to get to IL...he has even grabbed his little luggage and taken it over to the front door saying "I take a backpack a el-en-ois a see gapa, peas mama!"
Another cute thing we noticed is that he can now react with emotions to his memories. A few days ago we were playing hide-n-seek and Owen and I ran to hide with the lights off down stairs. We are not very quiet when hide so Robert knew just where to find us and when he came into the room he banged very loudly on the door. Owen and first got scared but when I screamed and Robert came running in to tickle us Owen thought it was just hysterical. But what we thought was funny was that for the rest of the night, Owen would recall Robert banging on the door and just start cracking up. He would say "Daddy bang bang a door" and then just let out this deep belly laugh that was so genuine and cute. Over and over again he recalled that memory and laughed every time.
And a final thought on memories is just something that happened last night that I was amazed by. I feel like I am constantly amazed by this growing little guy and everyday I wonder what more he will come up with. So we had friends over last night and the girls were all in the dining room talking when Owen came over. Someone asked Owen if he had gone to a baseball game and he said "yes!" She asked what he did at the baseball game and Owen said "a bat a ball!" and then when asked what-else he said "a fireworks!" (they lit off fireworks during the National Anthem and when the Nat's scored) When asked again what else he did he said "A choo-choo" which was also correct because we took the metro train into the city to get to the game. He was asked what he ate at the baseball game and he thought really hard and while he was thinking I'm standing there going, hmm, what did he eat? and suddenly he answers "I eat a french fry!" At this point I am shocked and want to just keeping asking more and more questions even though he has clearly demonstrated his ability to remember the fun experiences we have. A final question that he was also able to recall from that night was that he rode in the backpack carrier in the train to the game. He loved being in the backpack carrier and thought it was great...I think its great that he can remember so much and that we can have conversations about the fun things we have done as a family. So fun, and now I can't wait to make more!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Funny Phrases
This week we returned home from a wonderful week spent with family back in IL. Owen turned two on July 3 and we went to IL to celebrate his birthday along with the 4th of July with all the family. Even Uncle Brad came in from CA to help celebrate. We had a party with each side of the family and Owen was showered with gifts and love on his special day.
We have noticed in the past how Owens development seems to go in fast forward after we have visited with family or gone away on a trip. Between all of the stimulation, attention and new experiences, its really no wonder we find him doing new things after a vacation or having someone come out to visit; and this time was certainly no exception. Owen came home from this trip with 2 new phrases- "Be right back!" and "Wait a minute!"
Owen first started saying "Be right back" when he was playing in Grandma and Grandpa McGinnis' family room. He would walk over to Grandma and say "be right back" and then walk away to get something and come back to show it off. He was sure to tell everyone "be right back" before leaving the room. The night before we left he spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa Siebert's house and they relayed this funny story- Apparently Owen asked Grandpa if he could watch Nemo and Grandpa told Owen that he did not know where the Nemo movie was. Grandpa and Grandma were sitting on the couches having a conversation at this point and Owen asked again, "watch Nemo" and again, Grandpa told him not right now because he did not know where the Nemo DVD was. Owen continued playing on the floor for a minute and then said, "be right back" and walked off into the other room. A minute later he came back in carrying Aunty Laurie's huge plastic case full of DVDs. Owen again looked at Grandpa and said "I watch Nemo!" Apparently he knew just where to find the DVD even if Grandpa didn't!
The other phrase I find to be only mildly humorous and a little cute depending on the situation it is used in. He first said it when he was playing with his toys and I interrupted to let him know it was time to take a bath. He looked at me and responded with a quick "wait a minute" and went right back to playing. After regaining my composure I again told him we needed to go get in the bath and he put his hand up and said "wait a minute mama!" Ummm, I don't think so little man! Its cute when he thinks we are leaving without and he calls out "wait a minute!" but when he is commanding us to wait because our plans don't fit into his schedule...not so funny :)
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And now that this draft as sat unpublished for almost 2 weeks I have to add a third new phrase Owen has started with- "Check it out!" This cracks me up every time he says it. He runs up to daddy with his cars and says "Check it out" or looks out the front window while riding in his car seat and calls "check it out" from the back. Anything that he deems worth looking at gets a cute "check it out," although it comes out sounding more like "cheeh it ouuuuwww" :)
We have noticed in the past how Owens development seems to go in fast forward after we have visited with family or gone away on a trip. Between all of the stimulation, attention and new experiences, its really no wonder we find him doing new things after a vacation or having someone come out to visit; and this time was certainly no exception. Owen came home from this trip with 2 new phrases- "Be right back!" and "Wait a minute!"
Owen first started saying "Be right back" when he was playing in Grandma and Grandpa McGinnis' family room. He would walk over to Grandma and say "be right back" and then walk away to get something and come back to show it off. He was sure to tell everyone "be right back" before leaving the room. The night before we left he spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa Siebert's house and they relayed this funny story- Apparently Owen asked Grandpa if he could watch Nemo and Grandpa told Owen that he did not know where the Nemo movie was. Grandpa and Grandma were sitting on the couches having a conversation at this point and Owen asked again, "watch Nemo" and again, Grandpa told him not right now because he did not know where the Nemo DVD was. Owen continued playing on the floor for a minute and then said, "be right back" and walked off into the other room. A minute later he came back in carrying Aunty Laurie's huge plastic case full of DVDs. Owen again looked at Grandpa and said "I watch Nemo!" Apparently he knew just where to find the DVD even if Grandpa didn't!
The other phrase I find to be only mildly humorous and a little cute depending on the situation it is used in. He first said it when he was playing with his toys and I interrupted to let him know it was time to take a bath. He looked at me and responded with a quick "wait a minute" and went right back to playing. After regaining my composure I again told him we needed to go get in the bath and he put his hand up and said "wait a minute mama!" Ummm, I don't think so little man! Its cute when he thinks we are leaving without and he calls out "wait a minute!" but when he is commanding us to wait because our plans don't fit into his schedule...not so funny :)
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And now that this draft as sat unpublished for almost 2 weeks I have to add a third new phrase Owen has started with- "Check it out!" This cracks me up every time he says it. He runs up to daddy with his cars and says "Check it out" or looks out the front window while riding in his car seat and calls "check it out" from the back. Anything that he deems worth looking at gets a cute "check it out," although it comes out sounding more like "cheeh it ouuuuwww" :)
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