I think it's time for an update on the most recent adorable sayings and doings of the boys. Well, mostly the older boy. Jonas is cute, but there's only so many ways to write smile, coo, tiny baby, awwww. Here, check out this picture:
As for Axel, he currently enjoys putting things on his head, like paper bags and backwards helmets, and then going about his business. Perhaps I shouldn't encourage bags on the head, I know. It's hard to stop laughing long enough to say, "Bag off the head, kid," when a munchkin is hopping around doing his best siren imitation while wearing a paper helmet. I'm thinking of investing in a variety of headwear, like a viking helmet and an electric blue hairpiece, so he'll have more options when he wants to put something on his noggin.
Axel's new words:
Ah-oh-nuts (Astronauts) and Ah-oh-puss (Octopuss)
It's as though he's worried about any creature that's not living on the land, from the ah-oh-puss of the ocean to the ah-oh-nuts orbiting the Earth.
I try to get him to repeat these whenever I can. We'll be talking about what to have for dinner, which goes something like, "Hey, Axel, do you want dinner?"
"Yeah!"
"What do you want?"
Blank stare.
"Do you want...cheese?"
"Cheezzz!"
"How about some...beans?"
"Beans! Yeah!"
(Note: we do not eat a diet of only cheese and beans; it's just that these are two of his favorite things to cook as the daily specials at Axel's Imaginary Food Gourmet Restaurant, where lactose intolerant people end up with lots and lots of post-meal flatulence.)
"Ummm, what do you think astronauts eat for dinner?"
"Beans. Rice! Chezzzz."
"Can you say astronaut?"
"Ah-oh-nuts. Yeah! Ah-oh-nuts."
"Yeah" is also a big favorite, though it's usually used in response to crazy things, as in, "Axel, you ever been to Bolivia?"
"Yeah!"
"Axel, have you finished choreographing your original lyrical jazz routine to 'Under Pressure'?"
"Yeah!"
"Axel, will you help clean up your crayons?"
"No!"
He's not even two and I can't trick him.
Axel's also starting to figure out rules, and helpfully sharing those rules with friends and strangers. Example: coffee is hot. We do not touch coffee or hot things.
So, we are at a coffee shop. He points to my latte and says, hopefully, "Juice?"
"No, it's not juice, it's coffee. It's hot. It's not for Axel. Your juice is over here."
He waves his arm at the coffee and says, "No. Noooooo. Hot. Nooooo hot."
"You're right. It's not OK to grab hot drinks."
Then, he turns to the barista and waves his arm and says, "No. Noooooo. 'S hot. HOT."
Yes, it's very helpful to tell people who make coffee for a living that they should not touch hot coffee. He also shares rules about throwing rocks, eating play-do, and hitting the dog as often as he can, generally with people who are not likely to do any of those things.
Unfortunately, his ability to share the rules does not mean he actually follows those rules.
