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November 10, 2005

Nighttime Routine

Usually I put my son to bed each night. He tends to stay in bed and fuss less when Daddy puts him to bed. Tonight, I put him in bed, sang a song to him, prayed for him, and I could tell that he was still too awake for me to walk away.

So I talked to him a bit. Nathan, did you have fun today?

"Yuh" he said.

Nathan is 2. He tends to speak in 4 or 5 word sentences, with a lot of space between each word. His pronunciation is good enough that his parents can usually understand him, but I think most everyone else would be puzzled.

I asked "Did you have fun at your BSF class?"

"Yuh" he said again, with a bit more enthusiasm.

"What did you learn?"

When he gets excited, he tends to be less deliberate about his pronunciation, and it is much more difficult to understand him. He also tends to leave out the pauses between words.

"Ammals, uh budda ludda. wane kudder wud. labba lea fug. rumma sla fund." He got more and more exited. I had absolutely no idea what he was saying, but I listened quietly as if I understood. "wan died fasa. Mout ain wad." he continued unintelligibly.

Then, as clear as can be he said "God gave rainbow"

He, my wife, and my daughter are all studying the same verses each week, so I know that he totally gets it. Genesis 9:1-17

Posted by reighley at November 10, 2005 12:02 AM

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Posted by: Joe at November 10, 2005 06:49 AM

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