Since I was layed off last October I've slowly been purging my home of things we no longer use, need or want by way of Ebay, Amazon or local garage sale type sites. I absolutely enjoy selling things online but alas we are about done with the 5 or 6 month long "spring" cleaning. The boys are doing fantastic and each day Andrew is actually saying more and more words. He turned 2 in January but since his big brother William "translates" everything for him he has had little need to actually speak himself. Tim and I both know he understands EVERYTHING and has for a while but it wasn't until about a month ago that he actually started saying sentences and sounding out words. The funniest thing that William does to take advantage of Andrews lack of vocabulary at the moment, is to elaborate on what Andrew is trying to say. Example:
Scene: trying to leave to go out this past Sunday, putting Andrews shoes on and William is nearby packing the stuffed animals he is taking in the car.
William: Mama, I'm putting all my stuffed animals in my backpack to take in the car.
Me: Ok sweetie, but why are you putting Andrew's doggy in there too? You have your own doggie.
William: Well, I was taking it in the car so Andrew could play with it. (emphasis on the word Andrew)
Me: Maybe you should ask Andrew if he wants to take it.
William: Andrew, do you want me to take this in the car for you so you can play with it??
Andrew: NO!
William: Andrew says he wants me to take it in the car for him...Don't you love the artistic license he took with his translation?
