Tonight while we were getting ready for bed, young John had weaseled into the hall closet and gotten out both hairdryers. I was on the couch with William, John is playing with the hairdryer, and says he's going to turn it on. He said it needed batteries, and I explained that it didn't use batteries, but you plugged the cord into the wall and electricity made it work. While I was pondering how many batteries it would take to operate a hairdryer, John points to the back of the hairdryer.
"What's 'dis?"
"That's the back of the hairdryer. Air is drawn in on that side and it gets heated up and comes out the other side."
"It comes out and gets John's hairs hot."
I chuckle. "Yes, son. That's exactly what it does."
Gets John's hairs hot--he's a funny kid and he's understanding more and more about how things work.
Another funny from last week that I forgot to share. John has a look and find book (think a very watered down Where's Waldo?) called Elmo and Friends that he looks at it occasionally. I don't read it to him, I just ask him to find the hidden objects in the pictures, but lately I have, introducing him to some Sesame Street characters. He really has no point of reference for the characters, so he identifies most of the creatures in the book as "Big big one."
Last week, he hands me the book and says, "Read Elbow and Friends, Mommy?"
I tried not to laugh. I've since explained who Elmo is.
Last week, the phrase was "I need _____________." This week, he came home from Mother's Day Out asking, "Why not?" when he didn't want to do what I asked.
"John honey, it's time to get out of the car."
"Why not?"
