Mae-Mae's Signs and Words

From the top of my head, here is how Macie is communicating with us at 25 months:

• "Ha" (means Hi for anyone)
• "Ba" (means Bye....she's got quite the southern drawl!)
• "Mee-mee" means "May-may" her nickname
• "Sheshus" - Jesus (along with the sign and the Jesus loves me song signed to her every night before bed)
• "Peeeeeez" along with the sign for please
• Thank you....signed only, no words
• (panting) and hitting the side of her leg for "dog"
• "Ma Ma"....finally meaning it for real along with the sign. Originally, this was her word for EVERYTHING!
• "Big"....she said it for the first time today in music therapy during a song with BIG movements!!!!
• "teee" for train....along with the sign
• "paaaay" for plane....along with the sign
• "cah cah" for car....her absolute favorite...along with the sign
• "cah cah bye bye" her first 2 word phrase spoken in desperation when she wants to leave somewhere
• the "hmmm" part of "mmmm hmmmm" is her YES
• "Ya Ya" or "Wa Wa" for Maya
• "oooooo" for Luke
• "aaak" for Jack
• "ick" with the sign for dirty
• "keeeeen" with the sign for clean
• "eeeeeeeee" with the sign for eat
• "eeeen" sometimes "deen" with the sign for drink
  
• "pull-pull" with the sign for apple
• "kee-kee" with the sign for candy
• a very german-throaty like "crach crach" for cracker or quack
• "baw" for ball with the roundest "o" lips you've ever seen!
  
• "Paw Paw", of course, her first word for nearly everything (thank you Maw Maw!)
  

......a few more of course but most importantly, the most expressive face and eyes that tell us how happy and loving she is.

A great brain question

Again, from our thinker, Luke, with complete seriousness:

"If you put your eyes up so you can only see the white parts, can you see your brain?"

And a great answer from a great soccer-mom friend of 3 boys, Kirsten:

"No you cannot because there are no lights in there and it is dark."

Too cute.

A Rule from Luke

Luke, age 4, says to Daddy:

"Dad, sometimes when mommy is around you call her Lori. Her name is only "M", "O", "M". That's what you must call her."

A little insight into how Luke keeps order in his life.

Don't Blink!

The other day, Luke was playing a game on the computer and came upstairs rubbing his eyes saying they hurt. Daddy told him that sometimes that happens when you look at the computer for a long time but you can blink. Luke didn't miss a beat when he responded, "Well I don't!"

It's no surprise that our little intense one did not want to miss a thing and thought he couldn't blink when working on the computer.