lu speaks

at 21 months old, lucas has been coming out with more and more words lately.. and has started asking me what things are called, too. but the big step is his new two word sentences.

at the dinner table the other night he pointed to ruby and said "bebe" (like always does.. all day long) then he pointed to himself and said "bebe" and we all agreed. philippe further explained to him, using hand gestures, how ruby is a LITTLE baby and lucas is a BIG baby. so then lucas pointed at me and said "bebe".. and we laughed, and ph increased the distance of his hands and said mama's a BIG BIG baby .. so next we point to philippe, and as philippe says 'yes, and is preparing to widen his hands even further to continue the logic'.. lucas points to him and says "no bebe". so again we have to agree. then he comes back to me, pointing at mama he says, "bebe??" and we have to confess that, no, actually mama is not a baby and we congratulated him on his improving language skills.

and its so funny - all of his language firsts (word: ball, sentence: no bebe) have been phonically ambiguous between the two languages he's learning simultaneously. i should point out that philippe always speaks french to him and i always speak english.. example: philippe says "tu voir? tu sais tout, toi!" and i reply, "that's right, lu, you understand everything!"

it really was so interesting to see him getting at the bottom of this 'baby' concept, establishing the pecking order & identifying roles. and i am sure now that he is finally solidifying in his mind that he and i are actually different individuals. feels like tomorrow, he'll be going out looking for his own apartment.. he doesnt need us anymore! haha