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.