Les Bonnes Choses

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that I pay attention to the sorts of things that Jude says with an ear for different developmental markers. I think his regular exposure to members of my family have somewhat warped his developmental trajectory. He's all over the map.

For example -- and my friends Karen and John, who know something about metaphor use can jump in here with their opinions -- the other day, Jude was watching Batman Returns with his Nana (I will leave the discussion of whether it was appropriate for him to be watching Batman for another time). Unlike the campy television series, or even the first set of movies from the early 90's, the latest Batman franchise has a fair amount of depth, and the plots are fairly sophisticated, especially for a 2 year old. The unsurprising part of the story was when he asked his nana "what happened?" at some point in the movie. The surprising part was his word choice when he then said, "I'm lost!"

I'm saving the next memorable Jude quote for when he's older. He's not always amenable to taking a nap, so sometimes, we have to engage in some modeling. At Nana's house, she does this by taking Carolyn's cabbage patch kid, Noah (Spiff), and pretending that the doll is going to sleep. However, Jude has a pretty good imagination, and has no problem having conversations with stuffed animals like Kesswick, or between his toy cars from the Disney movie. A few weeks ago, Jude reportedly asked the sleeping cabbage patch kid, "hello, baby. Who's your mommy?" That would be an awesome pickup line.