The excitement in his voice and the anticipation in his eyes as he waited for my response was priceless.
"Yay, Sammy! That's right! Bubble!!!" I excitedly said back to him, clapping.
His eyes lit up and a humongous, joyous grin stretched across his face. He repeated bubble again and again, getting Adri to join in the fun too. This was the first real word he had used with zero guidance, the first real word that meant something to both he and I, one that had a real world connection and wasn't just a babble.
His vocabulary is growing daily, although I think most of the words are only ones that Matt, Adri, and I can understand. He has now added light, more, hi, and bye. (I'm sure there are also more that just aren't coming to me at the moment.) My point is, this child is a talking machine!!! I didn't think this would be possible given that he is with Adri and I all day long and who can get a word in edgewise with the two of us? :) He has managed to learn and use these words instead of always letting his sister speak for him (which is one of her very favorite things to do.)
One of Sam's new "cute" tricks is to walk up to people (or say it while he's in the cart and we pass) and say "Ayyyye", which means hi and then walk away and go on to the next person. He also loves to say "buh", meaning bye as he waves at people walking away (sometimes even chasing them so that Mommy has to catch him). He just loves attention and is quite the comedian when he sees that people will laugh at him. (Like Father's Day when he decided to take a drink out of the hose, got a mouth full of water, felt like he couldn't breathe, and ended up scaring himself. He saw us all laughing so he continued this activity over and over until the novelty wore off.
Yesterday was our monthly sleepover. Our friends came to our house this month and we had lots of activities planned to tire out the children. We started out at Meijer Gardens, but unfortunately the water table is STILL closed and no one seems to know when it will finally be opened again. Since it was over 90 degrees, muggy, and we could barely breath outdoors, we decided to head to the mall to play. This went over very well with the kids, who were red faced and sweating when we left due to running up and down the large hill by the horse. (I did say we were trying to tire them out.) :)
When we got home we played outside for awhile longer. We were going to eat outdoors, but the storm was beginning to roll in at that time. Unfortunately the storm also made us cancel our plans of attending a park concert. Fortunately for us, we have genius children who decided to entertain themselves and spent a couple of hours jumping, running, and acting crazy while listening to "Yo Gabba Gabba". Their greatest fun included jumping on the air mattress that occupied our living room and acting crazy until they finally laid down, tired out.
We were really sad to see them leave today and can't wait for our July sleepover...Sleepovers with four children under 4 (3 of them under 3) is ALWAYS an adventure. One that we can't ever plan nor anticipate completely.
I'm on a mission...Think Mom will notice if I leave, Adri?
Doo, Doo, Doo...Just takin a walk. Never mind that it's in the middle of the street...
Oooh! Look! Flowers in the neighbors yard!
Adri, you know I watch EVERYTHING you do, right? (And then usually copy it)
Ok, I'm in charge today, I'll call all the shots. You go that way and I'll go this way.
Did you hear me? I said I was in charge!!! You go THAT way!
How about if I share my balloon with you Sam? Will that make you feel better? You do know that you'll never be in charge right? I'm the boss around these parts of the woods...
The look of trouble. Sam checks to make sure I'm watching before he runs back into the street...I have a feeling we're going to have our hands full with this little man. :)
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