Excuse Me

No, I’m not apologizing for being delinquent in my blogs… there’s just not all that much going on in our lives other than playdates and trying to stay out of the general inauguration craziness (GO OBAMA!!!) that brought all sorts of people to our neck of the woods…

No, the “excuse me” refers to our little man Milo, and his new favorite phrase.

Let me explain. You see, Milo’s new favorite book is a colorfully-illustrated, simple children’s book by David Shannon called “David Gets in Trouble.” On one the pages, the character David belches, then says “excuse me.” That’s it. For some reason, though, Milo finds this hilarious.

So, now, all day long, I hear Milo’s immitation of a belch (which sounds like the combination of a growl and a real man-burp) then immediately after, in Milo’s little baby voice, he says “excuse me.” Then he usually laughs at himself and tries to catch my eye so that I will laugh too. Which, of course, is happening each time this occurs.

I will try my best to get this on video, it’s too funny to pass up. But lately the videotaping has not been working so well. As soon as Milo sees the camera, he runs to it wanting to see himself right away, thus ruining any shot I have at a candid moment. His dancing continues to improve, but I need to set up a hidden camera to get a good one now.

Other funny stuff Milo does….
1. He must stand on something while he dances- be it a pot, a box, a book, a cd case, anything.
2. He yells STOP! at every (EVERY SINGLE) stop sign and stop light we encounter. And now, he has started to yell GO! when it turns green. Talk about giving me a heart-attack. It’s bad enough to have someone honk at you if you take a millisecond to get the car in first gear… geez. Backseat driver.
3. He will grab a napkin out of your hand (before you are finished with it, mind you) and say “trash,” “trash,” “trash,” all the way to the trash can before throwing your perfectly clean unused napkin away.
4. He tastes bubbles.
5. If he puts something undesirable in his mouth, he will come up to me and say “ahhh” while sticking his tongue out, as if to say “Hey, Mom, please remove this leaf/twig/piece of onion skin.”
6. He makes the real kissing noise when he kisses.
7. He particularly likes grown-up books for the sole reason that they usually have a picture of the author at the back inside flap, whom Milo generically calls “man.”
8. He is learning his letters and numbers. Don’t get excited. Right now he knows X, S, and B. And every number is two. His counting sounds like this: two, two, two, two, two, TWO!
9. He does a single big nod with a very serious look on his face whenever he hears applause. Like he is bowing.
10. He loves peas. And he says please when he asks for them. That’s right. “Peas, peeese.”