Babble Rouser

One wonders when Wyan will wax wordfully.
He is learning to speak in fits and drabs, though doesn't seem interested in saying words he knows the signs for.

"Say 'please'."
*Hand wipe across chest.*
"No, say 'please.' 'Pleeeeeease'."
*Hand wipe. Looks like he's telling the guy on first to steal
second.*
"Ryan, can you say, 'Please'?"
*Sign for 'cheese.'*

He knows "open", though it takes him an hour and a half to say it, with about eighteen 'o's in the beginning. Most any spherical object is a "ball." And he has a fallback.
"Can you say, 'watch'?"
"Bleah."

I just need to be careful with his parroting ability; about the only thing we watch on TV anymore is the news, though that isn't always the most kid-friendly subject matter. The other night the lead story was a murder in D.C. I tried to make it more light and airy for the boy:
"Yay! Mur-der!"
And of course Ryan said "Muhda!" with a big smile.
And of course a big smile my way, from the face of Ainsley, there was directed, not.