Words

The word NO is a word that Brodie loves to say. And that we dread to here. Because it invariably comes at a time that we really, really need him to say yes! Well, no is no longer in Brodies vocabulary. Wonderful I hear you say. Well sort of, but NO has been replaced by NOT? It took me a while today to realize that he was saying NOT, and that NOT had replaced NO.

Today Brodie and I had a quiet day mostly at home. We went out briefly to the Belconnen Markets, and had a coffee, got some apples and played at the Mushroom (a playground). It took nearly and hour and a half to convince Brodie that it would be fun to go out. Every time I brought it up, he said NOT!!! The little minx has again decided that getting into the carseat is not want he wants to do and it requires all my negotiation, acrobatic and time management skills to get him in and buckled up. *Sigh*. If we didn’t need apples and if I didn’t need my daily coffee fix, we would have just stayed home.

Tonight he fell asleep in my arms straight after his shower. I decided to cuddle him for a while before putting him down into bed. Suddenly he sat up, opened his eyes and said “Thomas”. As quickly as he sat up, he fell back down into my arms and was snoring :-) I think he did all this in his sleep – and yes, Thomas (as in the Tank Engine) dominates his thought whether awake or asleep.

Ciao :-)