I was talking to my dear friend Sharon on the phone this week, and she was amazed to hear Alex chatting it up in the background. He has become quite the talker of late, with his own favorite expressions & some silly conversations. Here's a collection:
- When asked to do something, his response is quite frequently: "Not yet."
- "Actually" as in "that's actually mine."
- "Something happened." He usually says this with a slightly alarmed expression in response to hearing some far off noise. Or he gasps and says "What happened!?"
- "I have an idea." which is usually followed with "Let me tell you a secret." And then he whispers the idea to you. Usually he does a lot of fake whispering before and after the actual idea, like "shshshsh i play trucks shshshsh."
- Knowing Alex's obsession with John McCain, Aunt Lois gave him a McCain towel in his stocking. When he pulled out the next item he said, "This must be the Rocket Bama one." I am not kidding. Maybe he'll be a politician someday. You'd think we just sit around and talk politics all day to have a two-year-old who is so into it.
- Along the same vein...seeing the evening news, Alex remarks, "There's Rocket Bama. I not know why John McCain is not be the president." Ruby said, "It's okay, Alex. John McCain still has a job. He's going to be one of the government helpers. Mabrack is going to have a lot of helpers so John McCain will get to keep his job." Alex seemed satisfied with that.
- His imagination has been running wild lately. Here's a conversation he and I had: "I don't want to ride in car seat." "You have to Alex, it keeps you safe." "Keeps me safe so lions and elephants and tigers and mooses won't get me and eat me." Umm yeah, buddy. I'm pretty sure that's why we have car seats.
- Another conversation when he was playing Nutcracker (yes, when your mommy owns a dance studio you play odd games): "Oh dear. There's going to be a battle next week on Tuesday. The mouses are going to have to go to jail. This is so bad. Oh dear."
