From the mouths of babes.

Perhaps it's time for another post about funny Luke & Reid-isms.

Luke has developed a habit when watching TV, thanks to those toy-makers and their subliminal messages in commercials (okay, just kidding). As he's watching his morning kiddo shows and eating his Daddy's cereal, he will ask the following question in response to every commercial that comes on TV: "Mommy, can I have that TOYYYYY?" He's not a greedy kid, but he just always asks ... for the heck of it perhaps. Why not?! The good thing is that he never holds us to actually buying it for him and he seems to forget that he's ever asked us, so we've just started answering him simply with, "Yes, Luke." He goes on and and then another commercial pops on the tube ... same story. The kicker is that regardless of where you are in the house you MUST answer him if he asks about the toy on TV ... or else he starts screaming, "CAN I HAVE THAT TOYYYYY???" until you answer with the obligatory "yes." You can be far away upstairs in the other corner of the house and hear him yelling and think he's hurt. Nope. Toy on TV. "Yes, Luke, you can have that toy."

Reid's language continues to develop and his signing is in full force, too. He has become quite emphatic when it comes to signing "more" and "please" particularly when it pertains to requesting a drink. Today, he dug through the trash can, pulled out the empty milk carton, brought it over to Mom, plunked it on the table, and began motioning with moves rivaling a 3rd base coach. If you can do babysigns in bold type, he'd be saying "MORE PLEASE NOW!!" Reid also likes to play a funny game by insisting on calling Jami "dada." Reid clearly knows the difference, but he's quite a little tease and gets a funny smirk when he says it. Of course, if he's in dire need of something, he's quite capable of saying, "Maaamaaa." Funny kid.