Sam's new phrase is, "what's that?" He is pointing, barely waiting for an answer, and quipping, "wha'sdat?" to whoever is in earshot. It's definitely a game at this point, his form of communication. This weekend when his cousin came to visit, it was the literal definition of parallel play. (Other than the time that they pet each other and Oden pet Sam on the head with a bus, which did not go down well.) The boys would sit or stand next to each other, with barely any acknowledgement (except for the occasional stealing of a toy). Every once in a while they would interact, or Sam would point at Oden and ask "wha'sdat?" Oden would look at him, we would answer, "your cousin Oden," and they would resume their tasks at hand.
Monday, April 4, 2011
"Wha'sdat?"
Sam's new phrase is, "what's that?" He is pointing, barely waiting for an answer, and quipping, "wha'sdat?" to whoever is in earshot. It's definitely a game at this point, his form of communication. This weekend when his cousin came to visit, it was the literal definition of parallel play. (Other than the time that they pet each other and Oden pet Sam on the head with a bus, which did not go down well.) The boys would sit or stand next to each other, with barely any acknowledgement (except for the occasional stealing of a toy). Every once in a while they would interact, or Sam would point at Oden and ask "wha'sdat?" Oden would look at him, we would answer, "your cousin Oden," and they would resume their tasks at hand.
When my nephew Aiden visited recently, he was doing the same thing. We found that he knew the answers, just wanted to ask the question. So the conversation ended up going like this:
ReplyDeleteAiden: "What's that?"
Me: "What do you think it is?"
Aiden: "A froggie!" (or whatever animal picture he happened to be looking at - Aiden loves animals!)
Me: "Yeah. What does a froggie say?"
Aiden: "Hop, hop, hop." (Whenever he didn't know the sound for an animal, this was usually answered by saying the name or the action of the animal. My favorite was a bee, for which his sound was the word "beeeeeee" while waving his index finger to indicate the flight path)