Purple Work

Our life is full of new words! Oliver’s vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds, and he is now putting together full sentences and questions. Every.Single.Day. we are caught off guard / impressed / blown away by the words he knows or the complexity of what he puts together. While he may not yet be fully caught up for his age, it feels like he’s sprinting to that finish line. Here are just a few of our recent favorites.

Purple Work.
Last night Oliver told Tony he needed the computer. When asked why, Oliver responded with “My purple work.” We take that to mean his paper work, though purple work sounds much more fun! There ended up being a lot of talk about how much purple work Oliver had to do last night, and how busy he was. 

Oh man. 
We hear this all of the time — it’s sometimes the first thing he says in the morning! He says it with the appropriate amount of disappointment / frustration, as the situation warrants. As if he has the weight of the world on him. 

Giraffes need to be warm, penguins need to be cold.
While we’ve talked about both giraffes and penguins, and what type of place they live, we’ve never put the two together. Yet Oliver did, in the car, randomly sharing that with us while we were driving to AWANA last night. 

Halloween is spooky.
The random statement we heard this morning on our way to Oma’s house. No idea where it came from, but it’s the “out of left field” kind of stuff he’s been peppering us with on a daily basis. He certainly keeps things interesting!

Needless to say, there is a lot of laughter as well as a lot of "where did that come from" looks for both Tony and I. He's still as sweet, cute and funny as ever:

Well, it's back to "purple work" for me. Have a wonderful day!