"BAD WORDS!"

When I witness sweet moments like this...
...it makes the "terrible-two" moments not seem so bad.

Stone is quite a sponge. He is so smart. He has his "Super Friends" books (Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Flash, etc.) that he literally recites word for word. He remembers everything he hears, and you better believe you will hear it again come out of his mouth. Thank goodness we have clean mouths (for the most part, hehe). For example...

In one of his movies (I think it's Toy Story? Correct me if I'm wrong), they say, "shut up." I didn't realize it at first. Well, one day, he was playing with his action figures, and they were "talking" to one another. He had one of them say, "shut up." I said, "Stone! Where did you hear that??" He said, "my movie." I said, "you do NOT say that. That's a bad word. We don't say bad words. DON'T say bad words." It happened a couple times after that, and he got my same reaction.

Well, today, we went out to lunch, and Stone was being a total stinker. He knew I was frustrated, so then he got mad at me, made an angry face, and said, "BAD WORDS! I SAY BAD WORDS!" Cliff and I looked at each other a little confused. Then Stone said, "BAD WORDS!" Then, we realized, he was trying to make me mad. I had told him, "Don't say bad words!" ...and so he said, "BAD WORDS". HA HA. So I guess he doesn't realize "shut up" is a bad word. He thinks "bad words" is the phrase he is not supposed to say. Good news is he hasn't said "shut up" recently.

Other things he has said recently that made us laugh:

*After trying to hang from our front gate, Cliff told Stone, "get down from there, you're going to fall." Stone said, "Don't tempt me, Daddy."

*You can imagine that Stone has maybe had a spanking here and there. Well, Cliff gave him a love pat (not to be mistaken as a spankin'), and Stone didn't understand it. He said, "Mommy! Daddy spanked me! I good boy!" And Cliff said, "ooooh Stone, it's a cariño!" ...which in Spanish, means a way to show affection. ...a love pat in this case.
...SO, the other day, Cliff said, "STONE!! If you do that again, you're getting a spankin'!" and Stone bent over, put his bum in Cliff's direction, and said, "noooo Daddy! How 'bout a cariño!"

*While we're on a Spanish note...when Cliff tickles Stone, he makes Stone say, "Uncle" to stop. Well, the other night, Cliff was tickling him, and said, "say parangaricutirimicuaro!" ...it's a common Spanish tongue-twister. It is actually the location of a volcano in Mexico. ...I think?

Anyways...so Stone said, "ABUELITO!!! ABUELITO!!!" ...Spanish for "grandpa". ...Which is what he refers to Marcy's father as (his Mexican great grandpa). I think it's funny that he heard a similarity in the words and knew they belonged in the same language.

Well there's a Stone fix for ya.