Things Brooke says.

* My most favorite thing Brooke says right now is "Mommy, where are you? Arrrre you?" If I go upstairs to put something away or grab something (and she actually notices that I'm gone,) she'll start running around the house looking for me, yelling this as she goes. It's beyond adorable. A related question we hear all the time is "Where ___ go?", whether it's a person or a toy or even something she just dropped off her high chair. Most frequently, it's "Where my Daddy go?" which is just heavenly for me to hear. The best part is that she's starting to answer herself. "Oh, he upstairs, shower."
* She now says "Arrgh, I a pirate!" with an appropriately scrunched up pirate face. It kills me every single time. (She picked this up from one of her shows. They said it once & about 2 mins later she repeated it. Then again a few hours later, and it's been non-stop since.)
* Instead of "I don't think so" she says "No me think so". No idea where she picked this up.
* Her manners are getting so much better. She sometimes says "Bless you, Daddy" when he sneezes (and he sneezes a lot, so she has lots of practice with this one.) She has started saying "no, thanks" in place of just "no". And about half the time she says "thank you" without being prompted. She says "sowwy" all the time, both appropriately and unnecessarily to herself. Oh! And I almost forgot the "scuse me" when she is, um, gassy.
* When she thinks something is funny or silly, she has a number of phrases she uses: "Oh, silly!", "Me kidding me?", "Oh my goodsis".
* Brooke is involved in a lot of decision-making these days. If I can get her opinion on something, I do. I figure the more involved in the process she is, the more cooperative she'll be. Examples: what color popsicle she wants, which diaper she wants to wear, where we should go for lunch (she always chooses "noodles, cheese, cwackers!" = Skyline.) Anyway, as she contemplates something, she'll tap her finger on her chin and say "Hmmm, let's see..." Hysterical.