Two-year-olds are insane. A few highlights from my favorite Liam conversations from the past two weeks:
Mommy and Daddy's names
Liam has been learning our names. Daddy's is easy, John but sounds like "Yon." But Liam is struggling with the idea that I have a name. The other day I asked him three times and got three different answers:
John
Monny?
Lisa
The last one was while we were walking side-by-side across the street. When I said, yes, Mommy's name is Lisa, Liam turned to face me and said, with an expression that mixed shyness with daring with maybe a dash of teasing, "Hi, Lisa."
What's in my belly?
Liam is working through the idea that he'll have a little brother in two months. Lots of his processing relates to the baby in Mommy's belly. First, Liam had a baby in his belly (then Daddy and Rudolph had one, too). Then a baby doggy. Then an elephant.
Elephant? "Honey," I said. "Think about how big an elephant is, then look at your belly. An elephant wouldn't fit in your belly."
He looked at me like I was dumb. "Mommy, a
baby elephant."
Shadows
Liam is pretty intrigued by his shadow. We were standing in the late-afternoon sun the other day and I pointed out how long his shadow had gotten. "Look how big your shadow is!" To which he immediately replied, "Where'd the little one go?"
