Yesterday, M opened a DVD case while playing with it...it was completely intentional, I watched him do it. I said, "Matthew close the DVD! We don't play with DVDs!" At this, M innocently batted his eyes and exclaimed, "Mommy, DVD fell open. I not open it." My mouth dropped open, did my sweet baby just lie to me for the first time? Oh. My. G-d. As a mother, I feel like I should be appalled and disappointed, but I have to admit it, I'm proud and impressed. Does that make me a bad mom? Probably. The thing is, M took his sweet time in the whole language development area; added to that, he's really such a sweet child (I'm his mother, I can say anything I want) that it's just thrilling to see how far he has come in such a short time. So, if I'm proud over M's ability to lie...yes, I said it again, PROUD...then I have every right! It's an exciting new stage and I can't wait to catch him in the many fibs that I'm sure he will try out over the many years to come. If you are reading this, it would just be mean to remind of this when I lament over this very issues in the future. No one likes an "I told you so-er".
I believe I have mentioned that recently, B has been trying to imitate words. Today we were playing with this Eric Carle animal cube that Safta and Grandpa gave him. When pushed it says the animals name, the sound it makes or another phrase. After hearing purple cat, B kept saying, "pupple", which I, of course, cheered the next ten times he repeated the word. Then, right before nap, B pointed at a picture on his wall and I told him, "picture". I think I actually saw his mind sucking that information in, and then a cute little "pidja" came from his mouth. I wasn't sure, so I repeated the word and he again said "pidja". Could that be any cuter? I agree, there's no way it could have been. Again, a mother's prerogative.
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