It looks like it might rain as we head out to the park.
Do we take umbrellas or raincoats?
No,
But we wear our boots. Ivan and Ezri agree boots are great.

Today Ivan was wearing Ezri’s boots around the house saying, “Ivan boots. Ivan boots.” Ezri made me correct him and let him know that she was just sharing HER boots.

Ivan’s ability to say words that approximate standard English pronunciation is increasing daily.

Banana went from Nee-ah to nana to banana.
Ponies went from Moanies to ponies (though penis he still says dropping the p and adding an m sound).
Ezri went from War-ee to Weh-vee to Eh-vee.
Amanda went from Mama to a brief time when he said Mean-da to Manda.

He rarely says his signature “No-WAN-IT” when refusing, but instead varies between “No like” or “I no want.” He does still sometimes do an exaggerated head nod usually three times when he is asked a question like, “Do you want to have a snack?”

His favorite question lately is “Who dat?” Which he will ask of anyone he doesn’t know from the man jogging past our stroller to a picture of cartoon character on the back of a coloring book. He is proving he remembers the answers as he then recognizes people he’s met and characters he’s seen. I also now know the names of a number of folks in our neighborhood who’ve stopped to introduce themselves when Ivan’s called out “Who dat, Manda? Who dat?”