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What Luke is saying

The other day Luke was having a temper tantrum about something (maybe me not giving him a lollipop for breakfast) and after he calmed down, he touched his face. "Water! In my eyes!" It was a revelation.

The next day it started raining. "Water! From the sky!" I told him it was called rain. He got down off his chair and tried to lead me out the door. "Come on mama! Turn off the rain!" I wouldn't have done it if I could---we needed the rain. Soon after that we all went outside to play in the puddles. It went well except for the lightning and thunder, which sent Amanda and Eleanor screaming into the house for fun, and which seemed to actually scare poor Luke...

When he asks for a book to be read, he says "read the book," but it comes out sounding like "eat the boot!" His favorite words these days are "I did it!" which are pronounced "I deed eet!" One thing I don't want to hear when he is doing something (sweeping, drinking from a cup, clearing his dish, etc.) is "oops!" This is pronounced "ips!" (something like "eups" would be pronounced in French, if there were such a word).

Luke is definitely not a boy of few words. Why say "up!" when you can say "up please!" Or "in" when you can say "They are in there!" If you don't have anything more to day, just repeat yourself over and over. If no one understands you, just keep repeating yourself. Learning a new language is fun, especially with someone who has no fear of making a mistake. He just keeps on talking.

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