All Things Troyer: TALK, TALK, TALK

Monday, January 30, 2012

TALK, TALK, TALK

Alexander, like a lot of boys, started talking a little late. I was kind of worried about it for a while, but at about 22 months, right about the time we left Texas, he really started talking. And he pretty much hasn't stopped since. He now talks in complete paragraphs with great sentence structure. I think that there are still a lot of words that people who are not his parents don't understand, but overall he is doing amazing. And apparently all of the lessons on manners have really been sticking. Here are a few phrases that he has said recently:

"Thank you so much for making this dinner, Mommy. It is delicious." (Word for word, I swear)
The morning after Chris and I went on a date, "Daddy, what did you have to eat?" Chris said, "Steak and potatoes". Alexander responds, "That sounds delicious!"
When Chris came home from work the other evening, "Hi Daddy! How was your day at work?"
"Daddy, I go fly in the green airplane with you? I be your co-pilot."
"Daddy, you go play trains with me?"
The other day we were driving down the road and had to pull over so an ambulance could pass. Alexander asked, "Mommy, what are we doing?" I explained to him the proper protocol for emergency vehicles. After a few minutes this was his response, "I have a good idea. What if we get a rope to pull the ambulance, the police car and the fire engine truck past. Is that a good idea, Mommy?"
One of his favorite phrases, "Oh! I almost forgot (fill in the blank)...
For a while every time you would ask Alexander what his daddy did at work he would respond, "Eat. Eat chicken."
Just a couple of weeks ago he says to his sister, "Hello Anna. My name is Alexander."
I know he has said a million other funny things, I just can't remember then all now. I hope to post more funny Alexanderisms in the future. Our boy is quite the character and absolutely full of life. He cracks me up on a daily basis!