That's what my mom calls Celo sometimes. Diego does it, too. He thinks it's hilarious.
I've written a lot of posts about Diego lately. Now it's Celo's turn.
The kid has quite the personality. He's stubborn as a mule. He comes from a long line of stubborn people. I won't name names. He's also a major tantrum thrower. When he scream-cries, he sounds like a squealing little pig. He is making up for the fact that I never had to deal with Diego screaming, throwing his body on the floor, arching his back and turning into a noodle in my arms, and all that drama. Diego had his difficult moments, but nothing like the explosion of emotions Marcelito displays on a regular basis. I seriously need Supernanny to tell me how to deal with it. In nursery, when he throws himself on the floor and screams, I try to ignore it and walk away, since that's what works at home, but the nursery leaders look at me with their mouths agape, like, "Well, aren't you going to DO something?" He's been getting kicked out of nursery like every week. Yup. He's THAT kid.
It's a good thing he makes up for it in looks. :) Haha. He makes up for it in a lot of ways. Yesterday for instance, I was watching a little 4 year old boy who is quite the handful, and at one point, after hours of the three of them fighting and fighting over toys, I found myself full on yelling. I admit it. It wasn't my finest moment. "IF YOU CAN'T PLAY NICE AND SHARE THE BLOCKS, THEN NO ONE IS GOING TO PLAY WITH THE BLOCKS!" The two older boys pouted and stared at the floor. Celo looked at me and smiled. Then he walked up to me and hugged my legs, looked at me again and said, "Mommy. Mommy," in such a sweet little voice, like he was trying to calm me down. I melted and sat him in my lap. He gave me hugs and just kept smiling at me like, "Relax. It's okay." It was just what I needed.
Okay, now for the fun stuff. I love baby talk and I want to remember it, so here are a few of my favorite Celo phrases of the moment:
Go Fow Wide - Go for a ride
Fissit - Fix it
Apenit - Open it
Ah Fownit - I found it
Fah dow - Fall down
Cobette - Corvette (He calls almost every car a Corvette.)
Das funny - That's funny
Ah-sicle code - The popsicle is cold.
Go Owside - Go Outside
Afueya - Afuera (Outside in Spanish)
Hab sum - Have some
Ah wan sum, TOO - I want some, too. (He says this a lot when Diego gets something. I want a car too, I want water too, etc, etc. What one has, the other one always wants.)
Mommy's heh wet - Mommy's hair is wet. (He thinks it's funny when my hair is wet.)
Ah ha fun Tata's - I had fun at Tata's. (He always feels the need to tell me that he had fun when he was at my parents' house, at grandma's house, or wherever.)
Hasses - Glasses. (He loves sunglasses.)
A boat wide - A boat ride. He climbs into the laundry basket and says he's going for a boat ride. Day-doh cying -Diego's crying. (He tells me this when Diego is in time out and is crying.)
I cying - I'm crying. (He tells me this when I've told him not to do something and he's mad and crying. It's like, "Look what you did, Mom. You made me cry.")
And my absolute favorite:
Yeah - Yeah. He says it like such a little teenager. Diego said "yes" for a long time before switching to "yeah". But Celo has never said yes.
It's amazing the things the second child learns, that the first didn't learn for a long time. Diego must have been at least 2.5 before he started trying to say the prayer. And we had to beg him. But Celo just started saying it one day. We said, "Time for Prayer" and he folded his arms and just started saying it. It was hilarious. This is what it sounds like:
He Fayah, day, cahs, puppy, foo, bess it, nay, kaist, ameh
Translation: Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this day, for cars, my puppy, and the food. Please bless it, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Yes, this age is full of raging temper tantrums, but it's also so adorable and fun!
