Two anecdotes about my kids

Back when Alan was a weeny baby, he wasn't very interested in books. I think it was because he was just a weeny baby but Doug fretted about it. He tried to read books to Alan, and then he got frustrated about his son's apparent disinterest in books, his short attention span, his obvious non-reader genes. It was a real problem for a while. Turns out Doug was wrong. These days, they wrestle over the amount of good-night books. Alan always wants one more book, just one more. Usually, he gets two or three. Some are long, some are short, some are actually for babies and some are quite beyond his age -- but he enjoys them all. So there really is no need to worry about the love of books anymore. Today, Alan discovered a new book in his crate (the drawer in the living room where the books used to live gave way to the sheer weight and broke). He came running to me and said "Danke, Mama, oh, danke, Mama!", assuming it was for him. Beaming, with eyes shining, he turned the pages and commented "oh, es ist sooo schn!!" (it's sooo beautiful!). He was very, very happy, and read his new book for quite a while, turning to me every now and then, pointing things out. I didn't have the heart to tell him that it was just a cookbook that somehow got displaced. David is starting to talk. Besides "Mama", "Daddy" and "eh!", he's got quite a couple of words. Things like "da" for yes (it's Romanian), "da" for there (that's German) and "da" for Dad (that's English). It's really amazing how well his tri-lingualism already... What, you mean I'm over-interpreting? The loving mother overestimating her son's verbal aptitude? Well, take those: Kikika. That's kitty cat. Clear as daylight. Ta-to! That's tractor. It comes with pointing to the tractor in his favorite book. Koo-kie. Yup, the bad nutrition in our house exposed. Cookie. Ti-ga. Tiger. That one is easy. He also can point out the tiger and the ice bear in his animal book. I tell you, my sons are cute AND clever. Or maybe I took too much of the meds the doctor prescribed me for my bronchitis and laryngitis. [Cough] Off to bed with me.

Comments

[Andrew Lambdin-Abraham]

Well, I think they're cute and clever. I especially like using one word in 3 languages.

Or maybe you're just married to Yes and he'd like to go over Doug and when you ask if he's certain he says "Dad".

[Natalie Getzoff]

Of course they are cute AND clever. How else could they be with two of my favorite people as parents?

Natalie