More language

Stuff I forgot last night.

push Means "push" and also "sit here." With assistance. (And insistence.)
pull
broken
backpack
map These last two courtesy of Dora the Explorer.
Hello! Anyone home? - Said on coming home, or, for comic effect, on walking through any door in the house. Or opening any cupboard or closet door.

hurt
icky, yicky
sticky
pflah!       - On being offered unacceptable foodstuff
eat, eating
food
bear
ribbit!
jump
run
hurry
rain
hurt
penguin
Whoops!
I did it!
Careful!
tree        Also used for any stick or branch
rock

Language

Lots of new language since I last posted a glossary update in May. Glossary would be too narrow a concept to continue to use now, I think. 

In general, he's using language more than he was earlier this year. Not just having more words.

There might be overlaps here between the earlier word list posts, because I'm not meticulously checking back and forth. I'm no longer spelling out all pronunciation quirks; just noting instances where he seems to consider the word to be different than we do.

grapes
ice cream         replaced "nana" and "nana coke"
'mote                remote control
vee-vee           TV; was "shee-shee" until recently
clean
dirty
wash
bath
cuckoo
sheep
puppy
horse
donkey
monkey
money
coin
key
keyhole
robot
railway
train
dancing
poking
poke
shirt
head
eye(s)
nose
foot
hand
ear
hair
tooth, teeth
sock(s)
moon                 means both "moon" and "night"
sun
Wallace             as in Wallace and Gromit
bird
mouse
chicken
Chicken! Good!  From Mila Jovovic's line, The Fifth Element
turkey
Buzz                   was "Butch" or "Annie" for Buzz Lightyear
Woody               was "Hatch" (he wears a cowboy hat)
cowboy
yee-hah!
Spongebob
Patrick
Plankton
Squidward
Betty Boop
Popeye
Ring around the rosy ... fall down!
fall down
up
down
in
out
under
empty
paint
tape
toothbrush     (For every kind of brush!)
No touch!
Wait!
No back!             Don't go, come back
work                    Where I go off to in the morning
water
voda                     Serbian for water
house
door
window
Bless you!            After a sneeze (we never do this)
yogurt
juice
milk
nuk                       Nursing -- he originated this.
dinosaur
elephant
llama
sad
stuck
That way!
open
close
on
off
button                All meanings -- clothing, electronics, etc.
airplane
Go away
bug
bee                      Various flying insects can be a "bee"
spider
chair
beep...boop..beep beep... What a robot says
mine                  mine, or "I am interested in that"
cocoa                 coffee, or chocolate
coffee                coffee ice cream
cup
pig
cat
goose
soap                   (I heard this for the first time today.)
one, two , three, four
ready, go
go                       go, also a flag (from racing)
race, racing
OK
king
Last Saturday, when a loud plane went by, he swished a fly swatter at the sound and said, "Go away, airplane! Go away!" When I laughed, he looked at me and smiled, and laughed heartily.

Walkin' for a Northside pool

This morning I got up around six and had the place to myself for a couple of hours while the guys slept in. I got everything ready to yoink U out of the house before he had a chance to settle into any other agenda, then plunked him in the car and headed to Warner Park for the fundraiser for the Northside Pool. Thank goodness, the rainy weather finally broke and it was sunny and breezy for the 1+ mile walk. We saw some folks we knew -- from James Reeb Universalist Unitarian, from Northside neighborhood organizations and elected office.

About a quarter of a mile into the walk, Ulysses had enough walking. Did I mention that Ulysses has refused to be placed in a stroller since he learned to walk? We don't even own a stroller anymore. I saw the choice of carrying a child 1/4 mile back to the starting point, and carrying a child 3/4 mile forward to the finish point. Which are, of course, the same point. I picked him up and started back.

Wah!! No, no, Mama! Ulysses had caught sight of the train crossing a few hundred feet from where we were. I carried him to it. Railway! Track! Lights and an "X" sign and a red-and-white striped traffic bar, just like the little one he has at home! U wanted to set off walking along the track, but that I put the kaibosh to. The only other direction U would go peaceably was forward.

I realized that my options were really this: dragging a screaming child 1/4 mile, or carrying a happy child 3/4 mile. I decided the latter would take less energy. And be a better setup for the day ahead. I made up my mind to appreciate the workout. It was fun!

Along the way, we saw some of the same berries we'd seen in July on our hike through Cherokee Park, where I'd explained, through earnest pantomime, the concept of poison. Ulysses caught sight of the berries. He clutched at his throat and made choking noises, then wrapped his arms around his belly: "Aaagh!"

Rain, rain

After what feels like months of drought, it's been raining nearly every day. Today I thought I'd take a stroll after eating lunch -- I got to the door just to see that it was pouring!

Fortunately, Don and I both got to take our morning walks this AM. He got in from his around 7, and I high-tailed it out for mine. I poked my head in after the first lap -- oops! Ulysses spotted me. He had already awakened. So I called it a morning and came inside.

A visit with Cindy

We went to Cindy's house, on the shore of Lake Kegonsa, to meet her new dog. Both Brads (Cindy's husband and our other friend Brad) were on a hardcore bicycling trip. Cindy's friend, a scientist from Mexico, was also there. The idea was low-key just hanging out, but Cindy made enough food to feed an army -- or at least a dinner party for 30. She had just taken a Morroccan cooking class at L'Etoile, and she made us a delicious chicken tagine. As well as lots of other stuff!

Click the picture below and choose slideshow to see more pix and 2 short movies.

2007_0812 Lake Kegonsa in Cindy's Backyard