The things we say...

A dear friend of the family, "Grandma" Pat joined my Mom, Isabelle and I for lunch last month and as we were filling her in on all of the Isabelle updates, Isabelle would be chiming in with her 2 cents. Some making perfect sense and said with clarity and others that Pat would have to turn to Mom and I to translate what Isabelle was saying to her. Pat then asked me if I had been writing everything down? I told her, well you know we have the blog for her and Pat said does it include everything she says? I sat and thought about it and realized, I don't think I have really kept track of all of the things she says; funny, serious, words and phrases that she says and you have to translate, the times when she goes to repeat what you said but its only the last 2 or last word or even the ones that she can say clearly.

Although I can't remember them all, I immediately started to put together a list of Isabelle's past (the ones I can remember), more recent ramblings and the ones you can understand...bear with me. Some are pretty funny :)

Words that need translating:
Looplops=Flip flops
Burpday Party=Birthday Party
DooDoodle=Magnadoodle
Nem-en-nem= M&M (usually said as she is pee-peeing on the potty)
Bee-bop-bop= Lollipop
Rammama=Grandmama
Merry Miss-Mas= Merry Christmas
Ove-er one= Other one
Fhia=Sophia
Dillo=Armadillo from her Not the Hippopatamus book
Simming Suit=swimming suit
Tum On= Come on
Scharmie=Smartie (she got one of them everytime she peepee'd or poo-poo'ed in the potty)

Phrases:
Go away, B (however when she first started she would say to Bear, "leave alone")
Mines!
Go Wings!
I say, "F is for.." and her response, "FART"
More please
Looking in the mirror she will say, "Cute"
Isabelle's turn
Shoes on/Crocs on
I can do it! (yes...it has started)
Pretending to be calling someone on any phone, "hello, yes, uh huh, okay, good bye"
Ask her who's baby is Amy/Travis, Mike/Caryn, Courtney/Mike and April/JP's and she will match the child to the parents.
Trys to sing the ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Bah Bah Black Sheep, Row Row Row Your Boat and her favorite (as we practice before our trip to Disneyland) Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Come on!
Lets Outside (forgets "go")
I hold you...instead of hold me
Sit down/LayDown
Cover up, Mommy
I want to do it!
Dinosaur Song (here he comes, from afar...)
PIZZA PARTY!
I go to work now. Bye.
I do______, Mommy or You do _______, Mommy.
You stay here, Mommy (Grandmama, Poppy, Papa, etc.). I'll be back.
Watch this, Mommy (or anyone else).
Mommy and Daddy are coming (she learned that at preschool)
And my favorite...I love YOUUUU!

And her listening skills aren't to shabby either...one afternoon a little while back, a song sung by Joe and Blue of Blues Clues came on and Isabelle stopped to watch it. It was the "Scrub, Scrub" song...all about Blue taking a bath and what she is supposed to wash while in the bath. They start singing the song and naming body parts that Blue should wash then Joe will stop and say, "Ears? Where are your ears?". As interactive as Blue's Clues is (which is one of the reasons I have always loved this show-even when Steve was on, way back when), Blue, Joe and Slippery (the soap bar) stop and stare at you giving you plenty of time to "show them" where your ears are, then they smile and acknowledge it whether you showed them or not. So Isabelle starts showing them where her body parts are as they are asking the question when all of a sudden they ask, "Where are your toes?" Without missing a beat, Isabelle goes into the guest room/her play room, grabs the toaster and a piece of play toast out of her kitchen, walks back to the TV and holds them up saying, "Here, due doe" (aka: here you go). Toes; toast...they sound the same to a 2 year old!