This does not bode well…

09 Nov 2008 at 05:53

A Free Man

Boy Z has started to form some understandable words. His favorite? “More.” More of what? Everything. I was hoping he’d miss out on your underwhelming correspondent’s behavioral genes.

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Boyhowdy turned me on to banjo diva Alison Brown. Her cover of “Everybody’s Talkin” seemed just about perfect as an accompaniment to this post. Brown has an album of holiday music due out on Compass Records. Buy that one and her other records from the label.

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7 Comments

by we_be_toys

09 Nov 2008 at 06:28

Oh honey, just consider the possibilities – I assure you that “No!” or “Mine!” are far worse first words than “More!”, especially when it’s said over and over. Sorry, I think it triggered some PTSD for me from the toddler years.

That’s a particularly adorable little face up there – almost edible!

we_be_toyss last blog post..A Brief But Suggestive History of Cleo’s Parties
by arizaphale

09 Nov 2008 at 08:06

Why does Allison sound like a man??

Well ‘more’ stands to reason as a first word. After all, ‘enough’ has two syllables. He’ll get to that. You did, didn’t you?
by NATUI

09 Nov 2008 at 10:06

He’s not eating something FRIED is he?

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by boyhowdy

09 Nov 2008 at 10:59

@arizaphale: alison brown doesn’t generally do her own vocals; her albums generally have a plethora of guest vocalists on ‘em for each track. In this case, I think we’re hearing the wonderful pipes of ubiquitous bluegrass singer-songwriter and producer Tim O’Brien.

Oh, and thanks for the mention, Chris. Our eldest daughter’s second word, after “dog”, was “both”, as in:

“Do you want this toy in the bath, or the bunny washcloth?”

“Bof! Bof!”

It does indeed just get worse from here.
by Joe

09 Nov 2008 at 11:56

You’ll be so proud when he yells “MORE” when the dawgs get a TD.
by nursemyra

11 Nov 2008 at 05:34

nice banjo

nursemyras last blog post..morphing into a hypochondriac
by admin

11 Nov 2008 at 07:20

We Be Toys – “No” can’t be far away! Since I’ve written this he’s gotten “ball”, “bird” and “that”.

Ariza – Alison just plays the banjo. Oh, look, Boyhowdy explained.

Boyhowdy – I’m really trying to get him to say “dog”. Preceded by “Go”.

NATUI – No, but funny story. We were at the beach with the Arizaphale clan and didn’t have any dinner for him. So, I raced to the convenience store where they had NOTHING. So, I got him some Nutrigrain cereal which is neither nutritious nor particularly grainy. But it is full of sugar, which he enjoyed.

Joe – I’m working on that too.

Nurse – She’s good isn’t she.