Jake-isms, 10-5-05

I've had Jake-isms building up for WEEKS AND WEEKS now.  The longer I wait, the longer the list gets (and the less I want to sit down and write them.)  But I HAVE to write about them, because they totally crack me up and I'm loving Jake's language development as of late.  I'm very excited about the fact that he is finally TALKING.  These are going to be short blurbs, but hopefully you'll find them amusing.

Every Wednesday is outing day for my mom, Jake, and Kathy -- they always go to Fizouli's and Jake eats lasagna.  That's the one day of the week my mom doesn't watch Zoe.  Wednesday evening two weeks ago, Jake was telling me about the day.  "I eat la-yah-yah, I go to Fa-yoh-lees with Jake's Nana and Sadie dog's mama.  I go with Nana and Aunt Kathy.  Little boy there crying and not listening to his mama . . . That make Aunt Kathy BONKERS."

We were laying down trying to get Jake to go to sleep -- and he always wants to talk.  So we were talking about random stuff, and I said "I love you."  He said "You thank you."  (He gets thank you and you're welcome confused -- and when I say "You're welcome," he says "No, YOU welcome.")  Anyway, a few minutes later, out of nowhere, he said "I love you a WHOLE BUNCH."  It was SO SWEET.  Eventually when I can't get him to stop talking and go to sleep, I just turn over with my back to him (hoping that will be a clue) -- he started smoothing my hair down and moving it around and said "I make your hair pretty."  How in the world am I supposed to go to sleep when he's being so silly?!

Jake's new Thomas the Train obsession is doing WONDERS for his language development.  The videos' narration is just like someone reading a story -- so there are "He saids" and descriptions of how a character is feeling.  Jake totally acts out the stories and narrates them to himself.  I've actually heard these things come out of his mouth in the past few weeks: "And he buffered up to Thomas" ~ "And he pulled . . . and he pulled . . . help!" ~ "Help! he yelled" ~ "I'll save you, he said." ~ "That made Diesel very cross."

Sometimes I let Jake play in my (2nd floor) bedroom and run his trains along the window sill while I sit on the bed and chill or I put up clothes or take a shower or whatever.  I pull the drapes back, lift the blinds, and he looks out onto our street while playing with his trains.  Remember how we've drilled it into him that you don't walk in the street 'cause you'll get hit by a car?  Jake noticed someone taking a walk and started YELLING: "Hey man!  You not get in street!  You get hit by a car!  Hey man!" LOL

Oh and ALSO we were leaving my mom's house and walking to my car, there was a little boy walking up the street -- I think he is friends with his neighbors 3 doors up and he was walking up to see them.  Jake got worried and asked me about it, and I told him it was ok because he was a big boy -- little boys can't walk in the road, "but when you're like 8 maybe we'll think about it."  Two days later we were getting out of the car at our house and he said "When I eight, I walk in da road?"

We were at Target about 8 p.m. one night, and I needed to deposit a check in the bank before driving home.  The only ATM that took checks and was open that late was by the mall and not in the safest part of the area -- but I really needed to get that check in the bank.  So I prayed the whole way there, and the entire time I was doing it.  While I was doing this, I said "Jake, can you say 'Jesus, keep us safe?'"  And he said "No, I too little."

Ya know those tank tops with the built-in bra?  I have a blue and red one, and it's SO comfortable.  I wear it a lot (ONLY around the house) when I don't feel like dealing with a bra.  Jake HATES it.  Every time I wear it, he says, "THAT NOT A SHIRT!  THAT A BRA!  YOU NEED A SHIRT!"  (I swear it's not revealing, it's a full-coverage tank top!) When I take a shower, Lou watches Jake -- but the SECOND I turn off the shower, Jake opens the bathroom door, says "There water on the wall" (fog on the mirror) and turns on the bathroom fan, then says "Mama, you done?  You need clothes," and proceeds to pick out a shirt and pair of shorts for me.  He brings them to me and says "I get you clothes."  He's a TOTAL prude.

I still have a few old Charlie Brown dictionary volumes (there are like 10 total and I have 6) from my childhood and we were thumbing through one of them, looking at the pictures.  There was one picture to illustrate the word "Yell," where Lucy was sitting at a table eating cake, and Charlie Brown was standing behind her, yelling.  I asked Jake, "What do you think he's saying?"  Jake immediately very emphatically said "Stop eatin' my cake!  That not yo' cake!"

Comments

[Felicity]

Hey Girl,
It is fun to hear their language develop...my son has seen some of his dvd's so many times that he can (and does) recite the entire script right along with the characters.
Fin doesn't like to see me naked, either...I always make a joke of it, trying to cover myself with my hands (fat chance, literally)--but then why doesn'the stay out of the bathroom when I'm in the shower???

[Andrea]

Cute, cute, cute!!!

[Sue]

LOVE the Jake-isms. He's such a funny, sweet little guy. And 'I love you a whole bunch' - how adorable!