The Language is Coming! The Language is Coming!

We have two very communicative little children in our house right now, and they are both on the verge of major breakthroughs.

Ryker is figuring out how to communicate better and better each day, and is now showing us that he knows more signs and words than we thought. The two new ones are "hot" which comes out more like you are in a huff "Huh!", but which he accompanies with a sign; and "bobbies," which are balloons. We watched the movie Up about fifty times this weekend - a movie in which balloons play a starring role - and each time we'd start up the DVD player, Ryker would start screaming "BOBBBBB-BIESSSSSSSSS!!!! Bobbies! Bobbies!"

Jack is VERY close to reading and is writing new words every day, all on his own. He's sounding words out and writing things like "bed" and "mom" and "logan" (a friend at school). He also noticed that the word "Chart" on his Vacuum Chart "starts the same way Charlie does." The kid never showed interest in reading or writing until a few months ago and now he's really taking off. It's adorable and he's SO proud.

I thought we might be on the verge of teaching Ryker how to use the toilet too. After his bath last night he wandered, naked, to one corner of his room, turned around to face me, and squatted down. I leaped over to him yelling "No Rykie!", scooped him up and ran him to the potty, as visions of no-more-diapers danced in my head. But then he sobbed, thinking I was dropping him forevermore in the potty-prison. So we'll have to wait on that one.