Spoonerisms

The boy's verbal pick up rate is remarkable. Everyday he picks up new words and every day, we see more and more evidence of logic in this 22 month old. He never fails to astound us. Or crack us up.

Some gems that I must never forget.

Me: Evan, where do you want to go?
Evan: Take Bus.
Me: Where do you want to take the bus to?
Evan: Take bus go park.
Me:What do you want to do at the park?
Evan: Walk walk fish uhm!

We go to the Botanic Garden to feed the fish. And we've told him the fish go Uhm!

Me: Evan, what do you want to eat?
Evan: Bread
Me: Is the bread nice?
Evan: No appetite

But subsequently polishes off the slice of bread.

Evan: Close.
Me: Close what, Evan?
Evan: Close blinds. Star. Night night. Close.

At bed time, we pull down the blinds in his room so before he sleeps, all must be right, including the blinds.

Me: Evan, go to sleep.
Evan: No.
Me: Why?
Evan: Wet.
Me: Who is wet? Are you wet?
Evan: No. Gou Gou is wet. (Gou Gou is his big blue dog)
Me: Why is Gou Gou wet?
Evan: Milk milk make gou gou wet wet.

He likes to chew on the bottle teat, causing the milk to leak on whatever he is lying on, including the Big Blue Dog that takes up half his bed.

Me: Evan, is Papa in the room?
Evan: No.
Me: Is Papa at work?
Evan: No.
Me: Where is Papa?
Evan: Jogging.

According to him, Papa is jogging at all times of day and all the time. Papa does not do anything else but go jogging.

Even though the fountain is fixed, Evan still insists it is spoilt.

Me: Evan, is the fountain still spoilt?
Evan: Spoilt (the boy does not say "yes")
Me: Who spoilt the fountain?
Evan: Ah Chek's car. (Ah Chek is Packrat's brother and the offending car is a red Mazda 3)

After having gone swimming 2 days in a row (it has been that hot)

Me: Evan, where do you want to go?
Evan: Swimming pool
Me: Where is the swimming pool?
Evan: Macau
Me:How are we going to get to the swimming pool in Macau?
Evan: Take bus go park walk walk go Macau.

So apparently, air travel is optional to get to the swimming pool in Macau.







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