Bodhi Language

Bodhi has been amazing me everyday with new words that he's learning. The other morning I greeted him with "Hi Bodhi, how are you?" and he said "Hi!" Later that same morning, he walked into the room and I said "Hi Bodhi!" to which he responded "Haoyoo?" Close enough. He knows the sounds for 6 to 8 animals, but surprised me recently when I showed him an owl and he said "Hoo Hoo"... hey! I didn't teach him that one? Where did he learn it?

The best part is that he's learning words that help us understand what he needs and wants. When he's thirsty he says "wawa", when he's hungry he says "ah'm onrry" and points to the tabletop. When he's hurt he says "booboo" and when he wants something he can't get out he says "stuck!" That last one works for when he gets himself into a spot he can't get out of, too. Something that happens quite a bit with a toddler. When he spills something he says "tao" which means "towel" and is pretty useful, too. He can even tell us which TV show he wants to watch with "Pooh" being a favorite along with Curious George for which he points at the TV and says "OO! OO! OO!", like a monkey.

I'm really having fun with this stage of his development. Maybe it's because I'm a language guy, myself, but watching him mimic sounds, put them together and attach them to objects and concepts is really neat.

trick or treating

Bodhi had so much fun out trick or treating. We went to our friends house after the fair and had dinner before heading out. I think Bodhi was done with wearing the dinosaur costume so we didn't push it and let him wear the backup costume of skeleton pajamas. He actually looked pretty cute and loved running around at night, from house to house, holding onto his light stick. When we would step up to the front door, usually the person handing out candy would bend down to his level to put a piece of candy in his treat bag, but Bodhi would take this as a cue to pick out another piece of candy from the bowl. He would look at all the wrapped candy and decide which one he wanted and then pick that one. Ray and I kept laughing. The only thing that scared him a little bit was when he saw a blowup ghost.

halloween fair

We met up with Christina, Zena, my Mom and Sherry's kids at a Halloween fair that was held at their church in Orange County. They had lots of game booths set up for kids. When they participated in the game they got to pick out some candy. It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be, with lots of rides (for older kids) and food booths. Bodhi was so good and wore his costume almost the whole time we were there. We took it off when we decided to get some food. He was a cute little dinosaur. I'm so glad I picked up that costume when BabyStyle was going out of business earlier this year. I wasn't ever sure that Bodhi would actually wear it for Halloween so I ended up buying a backup costume just in case.