DO NOT correct my children

my boys have several words that are unique to their own vocabulary. words that are mispronounced and dear to their mother's heart.

camden says, "banama" and "honor my spect" (attempting to say, "give me some respect and honor my wish")

quin puts a short "a" sound at the end of verbs "pass-a me some water" "don't hit-a me with that" "i want-a some water" - how is it that he can make every sentence into a song? i love it!

and speaking of cute things they say, declan has a new word (if you can call it that). he points and jumps when he wants to talk with you about something, and says, "gzzzzzzzzzzz!!!" "gzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!"

camden had a similar word he used in similar situations. he would point to the object and say, "tzuga. tzuga" later, "tzuga" became his word for fan. then, when quin came into our lives, "tzuga" became part of their "twin language". somehow as a 2 yr. old & a 1 1/2 yr. old, both with limited vocabulary, "tzuga" communicated everything that needed to be said. they would be playing, and then one would say, "tzuga" and they would run off and start playing with the next thing - completely understood.

one thing's for sure. these are things we will allow them to say incorrectly until necessary for correct pronunciation. i'm sure that will be around the time they turn 17. does that qualify as a rule? lol!

declan's first word!

we have waited a long, long time for this moment!

in the past 6-8 weeks, we have discovered a video series entitled, "signing time". what a wonderful thing! "signing time with alex & leah" fills our home with all kinds of new language tools, and for declan, this was the catalist for his first word.

dog.

declan has been signing dog for about 2 weeks. he signs "dog" every time he sees one outside, or in a book, and even when he's just thinking about dogs. it has been so fun to start to see what is going on inside his little mind. last thursday, we were headed somewhere with all of the boys. as we were walking to the car, one of our neighbors walked by with their dog, and declan about squirmmed out of my arms exclaiming, "dooooooohhhhhhhhh! dooooooooohhhhhhhh!"

he is also signing "more," "please," "thank you," "all done," "mom," "dad," "eat," "water," "milk," "smoothie," "banana," "cheerios," "airplane," "train," "time (when he wants to watch 'signing time')," "hat," "sleep," "tired," "pajamas," "book," and probably more that i am not thinking of right at the moment.

well, little declan dude, we are so anxious to hear more from you very, very soon!