Yesterday when we were back home after Tae Kwon Do, and getting from the car to the house, Elias began yelling, "Bokadoo! Bokadoo!" From context clues, it seemed that he wanted an icicle, which are quite abundant lately. I plucked him a fine specimen and handed it to him. "Bokadoo," he said, admiring it. A little while later we had to go inside. He set his icicle down and said, "Bye-bye, Bokadoo. See you later!" Later on last evening I asked him, "Elias, what was your word for icicle again? Bokaboo?" He said, "No. Bokadoo." He has strong views on such things. And so yet another useful word is created in the language of Elias. Here are some others:
Aaa-gn: still means Isaac; sounds funny when Elias puts in an otherwise normal sentence, like "Are you okay, Aaa-gn?" And now he's got us all doing it. It's an odd nickname, but I think it has legs.
Bok: milk
Ziggy-zub: lady bug
Dirth: nurse
Rain: train
Hamburger: helicopter
Apple juice: octopus
Ruck: truck or trunk
epident: elephant
He says a lot of clearly understandable sentences, too, like, "I colored blue marker!" and "I have a snack please?" He has an adorable habit of when someone gives him something, he says cheerfully, "Welcome!" It's just the old confusion of "you say thank you and I say you're welcome," but it smacks of "You're welcome for the honor of serving me."
It occurs to me that I created a similar list when Isaac was just about this age. I re-read it this morning and it delighted me so. It's so hard to REMEMBER any of that. I think I was in a sleep-deprived haze for years there. Come to think of it… still AM. Anyway, I'm very glad I have my old blog entries to remind me that Isaac wasn't always the incredibly competent, verbally skilled, often fiercely challenging young man he is today. If you want to read it, you can find it here:
http://dev.freeverse.com/blogs/catherine/archives/2004_07.html
I include the whole link spelled out because it's acting funny and I figure if you can't get it to link you can at least key it in. Feel free to read around of the early escapades of Isaac, too. They're pretty funny to look at now.