Owen's Vocabulary - 27 March 2007

Bubba = Bubble
Mama = Kristen
Dada = any man including dear old dad
wahwah = water
AahAah = Jack
Kah = car (Boston style) (also the movie "Cars")
Coooo = cool
Waaah = wow
Up
ByeBye
DooDoo = (poop)
DooDooo = sound a rooster makes
ButtButt
ShhhShee = (pee)
ShhhShee = fish
Nu = Nose
MuhMuh (almost a grunt) = dog
PawPaw = Grandpa Dave
NihNih = Goodnight

What else is Owen up to these days? He gives kisses, makes goofy faces - including an "o" mouth face and a funny squint face, flutters his eyes (bashful?), and grabs things and runs. He's discovered how to move the kid chair next to the counters so he can reach things he shouldn't (cell phones usually, also knives). He won't stay out of the fridge (see "Why Toddlers Shouldn't Play With..." below) and he has a great dance where he bends his knees and bounces (more or less) with the music. Owen is extremely rough and tumble - he wrestles with Jack and Olivia and routinely plays pretty dirty (slaps and hits to the face are his normal cheap shots). As a consequence of all this, he tends to be a bit rough with kids his own age and is generally a terrror at playgrounds (Mama has to be close at hand or there will be lots of tears and angry first-time moms huffing around). Despite his well deserved reputation as a brute, he is a happy kid that laughs all the time. He has recently mastered a fake cry where he squints his face up and cries but no tears come out. He will take short breaks from this and look around to see if anyone is paying attention. His favorite place is the backyard sandpit - where he will happily sit for long unattended periods getting filty and eating sand etc. Owen enjoys playing the "guess what I have in my mouth" game - where he comes up to Kristen and loooks at her while he chews with his mouth closed. When she asks him what he has in his mouth he gladly spits out whatever was in there (recently a rock, a penny, various small toys, sand, etc.) and hands it to her. This is similar to the "is this dangerous?" game - where he blindly feels around the countertops until he finds a dangerous object (screwdriver, knife, lighter, box of screws, etc.) that he brings to Kristen while sporting a look of mock concern. We're hoping he doesn't combine the two games.