The Things Landin Says

I think Landin has gotten to an age where he has grasped the use of language and how useful it can be in times of need. When he starts to whine and cry and we have no idea we tell him to "use his words" so that we know what is wrong. He is getting good. Today seemed to be full of funny things coming out of Landin's mouth.

1st event:
Landin picks up the baby monitor and starts acting like he is talking to his daddy. He tell his daddy that he is home in Washington. Then spits out a few more things like oh yeah, okay, what you say? The kid can pretend like nobody!

2nd event:
We are in Walmart and of course I tell him that I need to get everything on my list before we can go look at the toys and most importantly the Transformers. After a few minutes of walking up and down the aisles and dodging the extraordinary people of Walmart Landin takes my list and is studying it. I ask him what else we needed on it as if he can read. Well, not known to me there was something else on the list that we had yet to pick up. He tells me, while pointing to the list, that we still have to get the transformer. I had to laugh. This kid was good. So, we headed to the toy aisle and got a dinosaur. End of story. :)

3rd (and final) event:
I am in his room putting him to bed. I'm trying to read a story as he sits in his bed. Now, what most people don't know is that Landin HAS to go to bed with his current most favorite toys. It is a must. If there is one car that he is really loving on at the moment and it has "gone missing" than he will not go to sleep until we find it. We think its a toddler case of OCD. Who knows the kid loves his toys and usually knows EXACLY where they are are (ex. The green car behind the tv stand under the tv.) Anyways! I'm trying to read as he is playing with this toy drill thing. All I can hear is that annoying drilling sound as I'm trying to read a lovely story and get him to sleep. I ask him to please stop because it is rude about 3 times. Not working. So, I tell him I'm going to stop reading and leave. At this point he puts his tiny little hand up, practically in my face and says, "Take a rest". YES! He told me to take a rest! It's one of those things that shocks you and makes you want to laugh all at the same time. Well! My child and his mouth.

I assume its only going to get worse and I really need to start writing this little things down, so when he gets older I can pull out the box and show EVERYONE! Even better when he has a smart mouth little son I can buddy up with him.