A Few Phrases We Know...

We Can Also Say...
There It Is.... very helpful when we are looking for our babies, socks, or books
It's Da!!! .... notice the excitement when Daddy enters the room
All Done! ...this is something mommy needs to respond to immediately - otherwise we throw our empty plate on the floor
Uh - Oh.... we like this one....it is all purpose and pretty much excuses anything we do
Side... this means we want to go outside to play, please
No... we don't actually say this, we shake our heads vigorously and wave our hands back and forth- it is just as effective
Hhhhmmm.... as in, hhhmmmm - I wonder how that happened? or hhhmmm... who made this big mess? or hhhhhmmm - where did it go?
Socks...interchangeable for shoes and socks - meaning: it is time to put on our shoes and socks, we must be going somewhere
Poh...means potty. We like to watch mommy and daddy go potty.
Uh - uh - uh.... our sound for dog. We say it while bouncing up and down and pointing, as in, Look, mommy, look! There's a dog!
Is dah?... accompanied by pointing.... means What's that?
Ca ca?.... are we going for a ride in the car?
OK.... whatever you say mommy (because otherwise I am going to Time Out)
1...2...3.... we like to count 1,2,3 with mommy when we are about to go to Time Out
Help.... we don't actually say this. We have a very creative sign for Help - it looks suspiciously like we are telling someone off in Italian (!). It is very funny to watch us ask for help.
Milk.... another sign we use. We shake our hands up and down frantically when we want milk, or for that matter, anything to drink.
More.... all purpose sign. Usually mommy says, More what? And she has to guess what we want, and then we get frustrated when she doesn't guess right and shake our heads no. Then we cry.
Stinky.... we pinch our noses when we have stinky diapers. Yuck.
Tired.... we put put our head on our hands to show mommy we are tired and need a nap. It is a lot of work to be 2!