Speaking in Tongues

It's never too early to introduce a foreign language! Jonathan has taken it upon himself to learn little bits here and there. For example, when he wants to be picked up, he speaks a kind of pseudo-Italian: "Uppia!" Sometimes he keeps speaking English, but adds on a foreign accent. If he finds anything green in his food, he'll pick it up and show it to us. He slurs his words in a way that sounds vaguely Spanish: "DunLIKit!" That translates to "Don't like it!"

Other times, it's English, nonaccented, but the free associative quality makes interpretation very difficult. Jonathan came to the top of the stairs this morning to give me a hug as I raced off to work. I was wearing an abstract print tank with lots of geometric forms. Jonathan poined to a region around my collarbone and announced "Mommy have coconut!" I wondered for a minute where he picked up that particular slang term, and if "mazoomas" and "knockers" were coming next. But I looked on my tank and sure enough, there was a brown oval. Jonathan made it even clearer by saying "Like chicka boom boom!" That's a reference to one of his favorite alphabet books, and it explains where he learned what coconuts are.

Meanwhile, Alex keeps speaking fluent Klingon. Snort!