Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Mockingbird

When Kailyn was two and three, we used to call her “our little mockingbird.” We called her this because she would literally repeat everything we said. Anything from a simple word to sometimes whole sentences. Now that was almost two year ago, and a phase that I thought was long gone and just a sweet, distant memory. I was wrong. We were at dinner a few nights ago and Tony started telling me this story about something that happened at his job. All of a sudden Kailyn burst out saying the exact thing Tony had just said. She didn’t stop there either, she continued on to make up the rest and finish the story herself. I thought this was just a one time thing, but I was wrong…again. I was working and knocked something over the other day, out of frustration I said “aww, crap!” Kailyn looked up and proceeded to say, “aww, crap!” The only thing I could think of was, thank God I didn’t say the other word I was thinking! I told her I was sorry and that I shouldn’t have said “crap” and neither should she. It seems now, more than ever Kailyn is like a little sponge soaking up everything. I guess we could call her Sponge Bird Mocking Pants (Sponge Bob Square Pants)! Needless to say the mimicking is still going on and Tony and I have decided to be more selective about what we talk about around our little bird.

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