The boy has been coming up with some hilarious turns of phrase lately. None of this will be interesting to anyone who has a kid, and then it will only be entertaining once you realize the kid is only four. Or hell, maybe it's not entertaining to anyone but me. Tough cookies.
Here's a few examples of his verbage:
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I was at home with Oliver one day, and I was playing Living Colour. (What?)
Oliver loved it. He started dancing and running around the living room like a maniac. I commented: "I forgot what great dancing music this is. Do you think it's good dancey music, Oliver?"
Oliver: "Uh huh. And runny-aroundy music, too."
And then he commenced to run around the place some more.
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He was describing a story that someone was reading at his school. I asked innocently, "Oh, was one of your teachers reading the story?"
"No, someone interesting."
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This morning, he was trying carefully to craft a prepositional phrase. You could practically hear him diagramming the sentence in his head.
"By watching you guys..."
Long pause. Then he tried again.
"By watching you guys do it, I think I know how to button my buttons."
It seems like such a small phrase, but it was just so great to see him carefully put the sentence together in his head, and then try and recite what was in his head. He really wanted to say it exactly right.
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