The language of Claire
It all started when little Easton could not say "Easton" but instead called himself TT. And then ET. And then E-ton. And finally, Easton. Of course this is not unique to the Barhams - all moms have to learn to speak their child's language and then become their translator. I still have to translate for Camille every now and then but most people can now figure out what she is saying. Well, provided she keeps the statement to 100 words or less. Many times her statements go on for hours and even I loose track after the first seven plot changes.
But now it's Claire's turn. I can translate her actions (shaking fork wildly in the air = I do not like this strange piece of spinach that is mixed in with my noodles, please get it off so I can eat the noodle by itself please) and her one word demands (JUICE! = I would like something to drink. You may give me juice but I actually want milk and if that is the case then I will throw a fit when you present the cup with white liquid instead of that tannish color). But now she is starting to string multiple words together and that brings a whole new level of excitement to my day.
Today we were riding in the van and I heard the following phrase about 3 jillion times. She would not stop repeating it until I correctly translated the phrase. And then when I finally figured out what she was saying, she said it another 5 jillion times just because it was fun.
bee doo WOK!
BEEdooWOK!
bee!..............doo!.............WOK!
beedoowokbeedoowokbeedoowok!
Mama! Mama! Bee dooWOK!
3 comments:
Hmmm....remember that game on TV forever ago, where there was a picture covered up by "pieces" of something....and one by one they disappeared, which finally revealed weird pictures that actually depicted some phrase of sorts? (catch any of that?) Anyway...that's what this reminds me of :-) Hmmm......what was Claire saying....
Speed to work
Me do work
Something something walk
Bead work
Andrew says, “Can we walk”
That's all I have....maybe get a recording of her saying this....:-)
There's a wasp in our van... ther's a wasp in our van! There's....a...wasp...in...our...van! There'sawaspinourvanthere'sawaspinourvanthere'sawaspinourvan.
Ha! Spencer knows that phrase in every language.
She was trying to say BIG TRUCK! (As she was pointing to the semi's riding by)
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