Liam is obsessed with trucks, as many little boys are. He now knows the names of most trucks - fire, dump, mail, brown (UPS), etc. so I've been forced to expand our conversation. On our way home a few weeks ago I asked Liam what he thought was IN the trucks. He took a minute to think about about then resolutely said "trees." Huh? Not sure where that came from. The next few trucks contained milk and dirt.
Last weekend, Liam and I were sitting on the porch eating breakfast, gazing out the window. Liam then turned to me a said "peacock." Here is the rest of the conversation:
Me: Liam, you saw a peacock?
Liam: Yea
Me: Where is the peacock?
L: Outside
Me: Is it big or little (thinking maybe he saw another type of bird)
L: Big
Me: Was it a boy or a girl peacock?
L: Boy
Me: Liam, I don't see the peacock, where did it go?
L: Bye bye
Another new favorite game is to pretend to 'eat' things out of books. He'll pretend to pick up an item, put his fingers in his mouth, and chew it up. It started with the blueberries in our Curious George book about blueberry pancakes. Now it has progressed to munching on the hamster in the animal book and the caterpillar from The Hungry Caterpillar. I think he moved on to the hamster and caterpillar because it grosses Mom out. Of course, I'm happy to encourage his giggles with some fake gagging and 'eewwws!"
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