American Thanksgiving
Talking

We wake up every morning to the screaming words, “Momma, Momma” coming from Jay’s playpen. If it takes us too long to get there, he moves on to “Dadda, Dadda”. And from there straight to freaking out – so we try to make it there before that happens…
After picking him up, he immediately begins asking for “bankie, bankie” and as we walk to the kitchen he tells us that he is “hungie, hungie”. He has just started eating his own breakfast, either oatmeal, muesli or cereal – but his favourite is definitely yogurt. He usually finishes breakfast with some “wata, wata” or “leau, leau”. Of course, if he threw some food on the floor, he might tell us what happened, “drop, drop”. It’s all pretty comical … except that its extremely tiring!
He’s not allowed, but he continually asks for “makas, makas” (markers) during the day. And if he sees someone on the computer, then he immediately calls out for “gampa, gampa”. He sure is growing up!



