Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Proper pronoun usage makes me happy

The other night at dinner I was caught in a grateful moment of self reflection as Sean compliantly ate all his chicken and vegatables, James played quietly in the exersaucer and I enjoyed a delicous meal my husband prepared for us.  Taking it all in, I said:

Erin: Seannie, I'm happy.
Sean (big smile): I- I- I- happy too.  I happy.  I happy. I happy too.

How amazingly sweet! When my mom was here last week she claimed she heard him use "I" to refer to himself instead of "Seannie" as he usually does, but I've never heard it.  Now, with a few little words he made the grammatical and emotional parts of me equally, well, happy.

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