Me, me, me!
LP has recently entered a new phase of his language (and I guess self-definition) development, one that I thought would only happen later. I am talking about the referring to himself at the first person. So lately, everything has been about "moi!" (me!) and "à moi" (mine!)...
Up until recently, when we were asking him a question like "Whose... is this?", he would reply by saying his first name, then after a short pause, adding in his last name -just in case, you know, we could have been talking about another LP. So we had been used to him talking about himself at the third person, which is slightly weird, but perfectly standard I believe. well, not anymore. Now it's "à MOI!", said with much emphasis, and in a truly self-righteous way.
I am lucky enough to still have two of my grandparents around, and one of LP's favorite pictures is of him with my grandpa, who had just given him one of his favorite trucks. The other day as he was looking at the picture and talking about "grand-papa R," I tried to explain to him that R was actually my grandfather. I could not have offended him more. Hilarious senseless arguing ensued, in which he tried to make it very clear that I was crazy R was "his", "À MOI grand-papa!" I think my granddad, who spends the winter months in Florida, would have been really pleased to hear that.
So these days he more than ever looks like this three feet tall dictator in our house, requesting snacks ("Veux collation MOOI!), declaring that naptime is over ("Fini dodo, veux aller dans salon MOOI!"), and so on. "Non, MOI!" (ME do it!), is also a recent staple, should one of us dare trying to help him with anything.
Last week, I was dressing him up for outside at daycare, a cute little girl from his group also arrived with her dad. And all I could hear from them sounded like this: -Want me to take your shoes off? "Non, moi!" -OK I need to sign your logbook. "Non, moi!" etc, etc.
Our kids have suddenly turned into a bunch of ego maniacs.
Up until recently, when we were asking him a question like "Whose... is this?", he would reply by saying his first name, then after a short pause, adding in his last name -just in case, you know, we could have been talking about another LP. So we had been used to him talking about himself at the third person, which is slightly weird, but perfectly standard I believe. well, not anymore. Now it's "à MOI!", said with much emphasis, and in a truly self-righteous way.
I am lucky enough to still have two of my grandparents around, and one of LP's favorite pictures is of him with my grandpa, who had just given him one of his favorite trucks. The other day as he was looking at the picture and talking about "grand-papa R," I tried to explain to him that R was actually my grandfather. I could not have offended him more. Hilarious senseless arguing ensued, in which he tried to make it very clear that I was crazy R was "his", "À MOI grand-papa!" I think my granddad, who spends the winter months in Florida, would have been really pleased to hear that.
So these days he more than ever looks like this three feet tall dictator in our house, requesting snacks ("Veux collation MOOI!), declaring that naptime is over ("Fini dodo, veux aller dans salon MOOI!"), and so on. "Non, MOI!" (ME do it!), is also a recent staple, should one of us dare trying to help him with anything.
Last week, I was dressing him up for outside at daycare, a cute little girl from his group also arrived with her dad. And all I could hear from them sounded like this: -Want me to take your shoes off? "Non, moi!" -OK I need to sign your logbook. "Non, moi!" etc, etc.
Our kids have suddenly turned into a bunch of ego maniacs.
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