Thomas Quotes

Through the years, my MIL has kept a record of funny things Thomas has said (which is more than we can say for his parents!!) and today she forwarded a bunch of funny things he said when he was little...here are a couple:

2.5 years old:

MIL: Remember when you were little and couldn't walk?
Thomas: Do you mean I had no feet?


Me: Do you want to go on the swing?
Thomas: No.
Me: Why?
Thomas: Because it moves, mommy.


Thomas spoke early but he's also always had a really good command of the language. His teacher this year was telling us she finds he has a really amazing vocabulary. The fact that he's a voracious reader certainly helps, but even before he could read, he really understood a lot of the intricacies and subtleties of the English language (sometimes better than his mommy but I blame that on the fact that French is my mother tongue, not English!lol). I remember being in the car with him when he was 3 years old or so and I'd made a "rude" comment aimed at another driver (probably something to the effect of "will you pick a lane" or "how much greener are you waiting for that light to turn"), and I hear from the back seat "mommy, are you being sarcastic?"!!lol

One of the things I hope this blog will give us is a little slice of the kids' histories as they grow... we forget so quickly!! For instance, not quite a year later, our time in China seems so distant and I've forgotten so much already. It's nice to be able to go back and read a bit about it, it does help bring back memories.

Emma, like Thomas, seems to be developing her language skills at a fast pace. She's speaking in short sentences and Gary is also teaching her some Mandarin words. I'm afraid she's leaving me in the dust already! We were out walking in the neighbourhood yesterday and she was sitting in her stroller and kept pointing to the lady and dog walking just ahead of us and saying "mommy wayba, wayba... I was thinking that sometimes I really don't understand her, that is until later that day when I heard her with Gary. They were looking at animal pictures in a book and she kept saying "wayba". I asked what that was - it's a tail Gary tells me. My sweet little girl, on our walk, was pointing out that the dog in front of us was wagging his "wayba"...too bad mommy is totally clueless!!lol So now, I'm having Gary teach me words as well so that when Emma asks for her "lau-ou" puzzle, I know to pull out the tiger!lol Oh, and you should just see her imitating wild cats... her meows (howls??lol) are just hilarious...she thinks she's quite ferocious!lol