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Kyla is obviously paying attention to more than just the TV shows.  Today, when we returned home from ballet, she picked up a sock that was on the floor.

"Uh-oh, Mom.  Stained.  We need to get Oxy-Clean.  'Cause, see?"

This is the first time that she has mentioned anything product specific that wasn't on the TV at that very moment. 

What color are my eyes?

The other morning Kyla was looking in a little hand mirror.

Jedd:  What color are your eyes?
Kyla:  Brown.
Jedd:  What color are mommy's eyes?

She comes over to get a good look.

Kyla:  Brown and white and little bit cracked.

Apparently I was still a little sleepy and my eyes were a bit bloodshot (cracked).

 

Maxx

Maxx is taking some big strides in his verbal skills recently.  You have to listen carefully and be aware of what is going on though, or you're likely to miss some of it, as many of his words sound very similar.  He says them in the cutest, somewhat high-pitched voice and most of his words have a strong emphasis on the ending and often will pitch up at the end as well).  It almost makes him sound British sometimes.

Some of his pronunciations:
Bok - milk or book
Butt (with extra emphasis on the "t") - button, which he LOVES to push - on the atm at the grocery, the dishwasher, the garage door, the radio...
Aight - light, which he loves turning on and off, also sounds a lot like his version of "eyes"
Peas - peas or please
Ep - help or up
Wee Weesh - goldfish crackers (this one took me a while to decipher)
Deet doo - thank you
Bee bee - baby, sometimes he uses this in reference to his Cars book that he loves
Cu cu - cracker, not to be confused with:
Ca, Cuck - car, truck - they sound very similar and I think he uses them interchangeably
Mowa - more
Bot - boot or boat or Boots, the monkey from Dora
Shzeow - Show.  Isn't it awesome that he already asks me to turn on the TV?  I think so.
Wa wa - water
Lollo - yellow
Chees - cheese or what he says whenever he sees a camera
Choo choo - train

Eh, eh, eh - for everything else

In addition, here are some of his other, more recognizable words:
No, shoes, juice, hot, NO!, mine, uh-oh

He is experimenting with repeating many of the words he hears us use.  Oftentimes, though, if we encourage him to say it again, he gets shy, or ornery, and will clam up.  But he is quite willing to help out Go, Diego, Go! and shout out whatever HE asks.  Well, at least he's learning and it is for the sake of helping animals, after all.

This week he said his own name ("Mac") for the first time, when he was flipping through a photo album. He also said Papa in reference to separate pictures of Poppy and Papa.

Maxx also has the most annoying cutest way of calling me.  "Ma...  Ma... Mam...  Mam...  Maaaaaaaam!"  Kind of reminds me of this clip of Stewie from The Family Guy.  And he will constantly call me and then point to something, just to say, "look" at this cool train or this book or the TV.  It's funny and mostly awesome.

And he sounds Irish when he yells, "Da!" whenever Jedd comes home.  Or the front door opens.  Or someone knocks on the front door.  Maxx can't get enough of his daddy.  So sweet.

Our little man is developing quite the adorable, impish personality!