Brock'isms'

It's time for another "funny things Brock says" post. My mom started calling them Brock'isms'. You don't have to read them all, but since this is my form of scrap booking, I had to document. It is hard to capture the moment in writing - imagine all of these things said in the sweetest little voice with a toddler twang!

- A few weeks ago he was playing with his tractor and dump truck in our back yard and he asked me to move his truck. When I sat it down he said, “gracias”. Then he looked over his shoulder, and said “That’s Spanish”. Just in case I didn’t know, I guess. I told that to Cory that night and he said that Brock said, ‘Excellente’ and did the same thing, looked over his shoulder to announce that “That’s Spanish”. He is learning Spanish from Cory and his playgroup, where most of the kids speak Spanish.

- We love our little Mexican food place, Betos. Yesterday we were leaving and Cory told Brock, “Vamonos”(Let's go!), then Brock said, “It’s not vamonos, it’s Betos”. Duh, Dad!

-Looking out the window while he ate breakfast at Ma Ma & Pa’s house. Brock exclaims “Ma Ma see that! The snow is sticking!” Then he told Pa “The snow is sticking on the road”. Enid had talked to him about the snow sticking.

- Yesterday Pa said he was playing with 3 boards in the living room that he uses to build a tunnel for his train. He was using two to build some other creation and carrying them and announced ‘I have two boards’. He can now count to 11, but not on command only if he feels like counting:)!

- Pa was in the back yard digging post holes. He peeked through the fence and asked “Pa can I come in your back yard?” Pa of course told him yes. Then Brock runs over to Pa and asks him ‘Pa what are you doing?’ Pa tells him he is digging a hole. Brock says “That’s a great idea!”

- He plays in his ‘office’ at Ma Ma and Pa’s house. An old keyboard setup on a box. He swipes cards like an ATM, types on the keys, announces he is going to work, tells us to be quiet he is working, and even gets the phone to conduct his business calls with Connor. Is he trading stocks?. It is hard to capture the moment in writing - imagine all of these things said in the sweetest little voice with a toddler twang!

- We were playing at the beach and we were trying get Brock moving in the right direction to head home. We said, “Brock, let’s go over here” and he responded, “No, I don’t want to go to that area, I want to play in this area”. Where does he come up with this stuff?

- He often tells me, “I’ll be right back” as he runs off to do something. In other words, don’t follow me!

- He likes the word “perfect”. If he likes your idea he says, “Hmmm, perfect idea”. If his oatmeal is just the right temperature he says, “It’s not too hot, it’s perfect for me”. Yesterday he asked where daddy was and I told him he went to work, Brock replied, "Oh, perfect".

- Sometimes he uses multiple words to explain the same thing – what is that called? I can’t remember. “I need a couple some rocks to throw in the pond”, “I don’t not want that”, "I'm getting some two books" – too cute.

- Toddler conversation is just about the funniest thing ever! Brock and Annie love to make funny faces and giggle at each other and they chat quite a bit too. The other day my friend Lindsey and I were watching the kids. Brock walked right up to Annie and said, “Annie, are you pooping too?”, Annie responded, “Yeah, poop”. Brock really was pooping and Annie was just along with it.

Every other conversation in our house is worthy of posting – but I can’t remember them all! I wish I could freeze Brock at this age forever – it is so fun!