NEVER!

Lil Bro's latest vocabulary addition is "NEVER!!", applied as follows:

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LB, hold my hand when we go into the parking lot. --> NEVER!


LB, are you doing to try to use the potty at your preschool? --> NEVER!


LB, you have to eat breakfast before a snack. --> NEVER!

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He learned this one at preschool. One of the little girls says it, mostly in reference to using the potty. This "never" bit is going to get OLD very quick.

Hangman

We were going for a bit of a drive the other day. Big Bro was being quite nice to Lil Bro and asked him to play Hangman with him to pass the time. The game was played with Big Bro running an app on his i-Touch and Lil Bro calling out random letters. Of course, Lil Bro doesn't have much of a concept of the game, but he knows his alphabet and was thrilled that Big Bro was engaging him in the game. Alas though, Lil Bro's interest was running low after the fifth letter or so. Result of Lil Bro's lower interest was fast decline in Big Bro's patience with him..

"Pick a letter, any letter!!", I hear from the back seat. "Come on, any letter"..

Lil Bro: "ugh....", finger by his mouth, thinking pose..

"ANY LETTER!"

"Ummm..." finger tapping..

"COME ON!"

"Wait -- I THINKIN' bout it!" go little bro, standing up for himself.

Table skills of a three year old

Big Bro is becoming well-skilled at cutting his own meat. He uses his own knife (usually a butter knife), fork and muscles his way through the task. Lil Bro always wants to do whatever Big Bro does. Conversation at dinner the other night:

Lil Bro: I want knife. I cut my steak.

Big Bro: You can't have a knife. You're ONLY three years old - you'll cut your head off !!