Heard Around Our House

Jack now talks nonstop. Nonstop. Nonstop. And exactly that way--repeating everything several times in a row just to be sure we've heard him clearly. Yesterday was a disastrous example of what this new-found verbosity can mean. We foolishly tried to go to Latin Mass at a different church, and the stares from the almost exclusively over-70 and otherwise completely silent congregation seemed to go along the lines of, "Well in my day I would never have let a child behave that way!" And then naptime didn't happen at all because Jack had too much to say. No, he's not ready to give up naps--it's a one-time thing, and it was not a fun one.

But in every other situation Jack's talking is sooo much fun--now I can get comments and even a few questions in response to my communications! In fact, I've got so many make me laugh comments built up over the past few weeks that I plan on blogging them one at a time every day or two (maybe that will get me back into regular blogging?) until I run out. I'm sure more will build up in the meantime.

Other times, his train of thought is very obvious. As I told Pops that Jack had devoured a "C-O-O-K-I-E" the day before, Jack chimed in, "H I J K L M N O P?" in exactly the same intonation and rhythm.

The ones I find most funny are the comments Jack makes when he understands something I'm saying to someone else but doesn't understand what I'm communicating. Sometimes these responses take a little detective work to figure out. A few weeks ago I was talking to Nonna on the phone about one of my friends getting a doctorate, when Jack starting repeatedly saying, "Kabump, kabump." After a few minutes of questioning I realized that Jack was making his heartbeat sound effect, so I got out his toy medical kit and stethoscope. It was only then that I realized he had started saying that because he heard me say "doctorate." As I asked if that was what he had been thinking, the biggest grin came over his face. Whether it was pride in his ability to communicate or in silly Momma to understand him I don't know, but I'll take it either way.