Mastery

Off -- with all its various meanings -- get off the chair, turn off the lights, take the sweater off.  Pronounced with a very definitive, long-lasting FFFFFF at the end.

Hop -- what bunnies do.

Up -- With a very pronounced PPP

Pop -- The sound bears make with their teeth in "The Blueberry Bears," the first half of "popcorn" (which he enjoys making and eating with his mama on weekday afternoons), and what the weazle does in the famous song -- often accentuated by the releasing of a scarf or crumpled paper.

Totally got the concept -- complete sounds will follow:

Haahhh -- as in Hot. 

Puh or Puhluh -- Please. 

Asah -- Outside.

Baff or Bah -- Bath

Bah -- Ball, and many, many other things

Cah -- Car and clock.  When we ask what time it is, you look at your wrist (where a wrist watch could be) and say "Cah."

Shirr or Shhhh -- Shirt.  You love to hear the song, "Ben wore his red shirt..." over and over again, and you grab and shake your shirt every time.

Sahh -- Sometimes "saahhk" -- Sock.  You love to pull 'em off.

Chiz -- Cheerios.

Pointing aggressively at corner cabinet, crying, and stamping your feet rapidly: "I want craisins."  But, Mama has figured out how to get you to calm down and ask nicely before receiving your favorite treat.

And many, many more that I can't even remember at the moment.  Ben Bode Brown, it is a pleasure to watch you tackle language and add new words to your repertoire just about every day. 

Photos to come -- once Dad ("Dah" as you know him) reconnects the Z-drive to the computer.  Right now, sweet thing, your photos are in a limbo that I can't reach.  Well, that or still on the camera. 

Love,
Mama