Martin will turn three shortly and we seem to have hit upon what I imagine folks refer to as the “terrible twos”. I’ve also been given uplifting advice such as “two wasn’t nearly as bad as three… oh and wait till they get to four.”
In keeping with the theme of Maritn’s use of language, I [...]
July 25, 2009MartinNo commentsShawn had a big birthday last week (cough30cough) and we were eligible for new phones this week, so we now have a fancy pair of iPhones in our house. Hopefully having Internet everywhere makes these posts too easy .not to make. I have the wordpress part figured out and I have a camera, so as [...]
July 21, 2009Family, Martin1 commentI woke the family up early in the morning, 5:18am to be exact, and shifted us into high gear to make the Link light rail inaugural train ride.
This one trip emphasized the need for light rail before we even made it to the ribbon cutting ceremony.
We walked over a bus top and arrived 10 minutes [...]
July 18, 2009Family, Martin, SeattleNo commentsMartin’s latest word fun fest involves his desired location in relation to a specific person.
A new favorite of ours is:
Pick me down
A variation of “pick me up” of course. Awesome.
Also interesting is his use of:
sit on my lap
What he really means is, “Let me sit on your lap”.
January 14, 2009MartinNo commentsMartin’s figured out he can swap words around within a sentence and that doing so might provoke a different outcome.
Sometimes it doesn’t work.
I want not go outside
moments later…
I not want go outside
Besides testing his world with language, Martin has many phrases (often used in a socially unacceptable ways) that tend to [...]
December 6, 2008Martin1 comment