Robbie-isms

Robbie is in a really fun stage right now with his language development... he's come up with a few things that make us laugh and I know I'll forget them if I don't write them down. Grandparents, enjoy!

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At breakfast one morning...

Robbie: "Turn off da lights!"

Me: "Why would I turn off the lights?"

Robbie: (cracking himself up) "Robbie telling JOKES!"

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As I was folding laundry today, he saw his superhero pj's that have sound effects like "POW!" and "ZAP!" written on them, along with lightning bolts. He pulled them out of the hamper and exclaimed, "Superhero pj's! Lightning BONKS!"

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When Rob comes home from work, we all go upstairs to the master bedroom and hang out while daddy changes his clothes. I catch Rob up on our day and often when I am standing near him having a conversation, Robbie will run up to both of us and pull us together by our shirts, saying "Put it together!" and then try to squeeze in between us for a snuggle.

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Unfortunately, he is already picking up on the immodesty of our culture through various forms of media. I have yet to walk through Target or any other clothing store without him calling out "NAKIES!" when he sees marketing or ads that have a person showing skin (this morning it was at American Eagle - a photo of a young man with his shirt unbuttoned... earlier this week it was at Target - who knew there was a HUGE image of a woman in a bubble bath along the back wall up above the towels?! I had never noticed.).

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We were wrestling with him the other night in the family room, and he was in rare form (I actually set up the video camera on the mantel mid way through because it was priceless!). Ellie was already asleep, so Robbie had the full attention of both parents which hardly ever happens. We wrestled him until he was exhausted and unable to walk without tripping. Rob and I were sitting on the floor up against the couch, and Robbie squeezed in between us, pulling us close to him on either side, and let out a contented sigh and said "All da buddies."

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Apparently he either has a fantastic memory or I am letting him watch too much TV, because he enjoys randomly calling out "double you double you double you dot pillow pets dot com!". For some reason this embarrasses me in public, I can't quite put my finger on why.

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Upon painfully scraping his knee while playing outside and receiving a band-aid and of course 1,000 kisses to the wound by mommy, he declared "Robbie all healthy."

Similarly, at lunch today I tucked a napkin into the top of his shirt (no bib in sight) in between the first bites of his hot dog. He declared, "Robbie all healthy," confusing messy with sick.

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In the car, when I stop at stop signs or red lights, he yells at me from the back seat "GO MOMMY!" but it sounds more like "gomommygomommygomommygomommy!" We are working on learning the rules of the road. :) (And this one is funny to me because he knows exactly what red, yellow and green lights mean and even green arrow, and repeats them all back to me... apparently he just prefers to be moving.)

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And not so funny but just worth documenting, he knows the alphabet and what sound each letter makes. He saw a subway sign and correctly identified each letter this week, which is new.

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That's all I can think of now... feel free to remind me of any you can think of in the comments and I'll add them to my list!