Simon Helps Daddy/Lexicon 4

Simon "helped" daddy for the first time in any concrete way yesterday.

On Tuesday, Laurie was cooking dinner while I took a shower. Simon was going from one place to the other (he is fascinated by the shower, by the way). Anyway, I shut off the water and reached for my towel. It wasn't there...but Simon was. I had left the towel laying on the vanity across the room. Laurie HATES a wet floor, so in an attempt to avoid dripping water everywhere -I said: "Simon, can you get the towel and bring it to daddy?" First, he looked at the towel rack on the back of the door where the towel would normally be. Not there. "Simon, the towel is on the sink. Can you bring it to daddy?" He walked over, grabbed the towel, and carried it over to me looking very proud of himself. I thanked him profusely as it 1) preserved a dry floor, 2) got me my towel, and 3) gave him a real chance to help. He clearly understood that he had done so. Good times.

He also is getting better with names at church.

PRISCILLA: lilla
JOSH: josh
JON: non
BETH: beff

He clearly knows most everyone, but some of the names (Kendall, Brandon, Kacie, etc) all come out as some form of "da-da."

Other words:

KNIFE: miiiiife
NAP: map
PASTA: dass-TA
TURTLE: tuh-tuhl
WALL: wull

He also can identify and say several colors! Video of this coming soon.

BROWN: brow
BLUE: bloo
YELLOW: lella
BLACK: bap
PURPLE: pupple