Going "sast" and catchin' "shish" (weekend of April 13-15)

Just like Cohen likes to create his own vocabulary of words, he now seems to be revising the English language in general.  Paw-Paw "Daze" (Dave) says that it's because he's learning all these new letters and just wants to try them in different words!  I just hope that Cohen is using this as a scientific experiment and not something that we end up in speech therapy for...I've been there and it's part of the reason I picked a doctorate in Audiology instead of continuing down that speech pathology road!!  Here's what you'll need to know to communicate with Cohen:

All Ts are Ps - He loves to eat "ops" (see the video below) and he doesn't like anyone to wear "coaps"   

                      (coats) inside

Ops are good to eat and also make good boy band hair!

All Fs are Ss - Daddy's boat goes "sast" (fast) and you go out on daddy's boat to "catch big shish (fish)"

He's also added some new Cohenese to his vocabulary:

Nannies or BaaaaNannies - Bananas....for awhile they were also MaaaaNanas

Nighny = Go Night-Night...I don't feel that I was overly cautious about everything as the first-time mom of a 

               newborn, but I was borderline crazy about SIDs and wouldn't allow any blankets in the crib - I

               relied on thick pajamas with feet.  At almost two years old, he now refuses to be covered by a 

               blanket in his crib.  He does, however, like to play "nighny" when he demands that everyone get 

               under the covers in mommy and daddy's bed.  He likes it when we hide under the covers and 

               jump out to scare him...this is another activity I will have to rethink since this evening it caused him 

               to laugh so hard that he threw up in our bed (again)!

SideDown = Upsidedown...Cohen learned the word upsidedown in an Elmo book that we read every night
                    for at least a month.  He now loves to be upside down and can do a pretty impressive flip if I
                    hold his hands.

Last weekend is one that Jeff dreads all year...landscaping.  Since MiMi was coming to stay the night on Friday to help with Cohen while we worked on Saturday, I spent Friday cleaning our poor house that had been neglected for so many weekends that we've been away.  I felt so bad about how boring the day would be for Cohen, but he found ways to entertain himself.  The "bubbles" in this video is actually dust...I should be embarrassed that there would be so much dust in my house, but I just feel like it is solid support in a campaign for a housekeeper here!

Since Cohen's current favorite food is "p-cakes," we started Saturday at a Lions Club pancake breakfast in town.  He was less interested in the pancakes, though, and more interested in standing in his chair and watching and entertaining all the people.  Several older ladies behind us couldn't stop looking and pointing at him and talking about how he looks like "the baby on those commercials that eats the food"...we never figured out who they were talking about, but at least they thought he was cute enough to be on TV!  It wasn't the greatest weather day for outdoor work when we got home, but we got it done and I still have the thorns in my hands to prove it!  Since Cohen didn't get to spend much time outside on Saturday, Daddy made plans to take him out on the boat for the first time on Sunday.  In the meantime, this is how Cohen helped us recuperate from all of our hard work!

Apparently he thinks these looks better on him than Mr. Potatohead

This guy might have a future in the circus

Cohen and his "mush"

On our Sunday trip to get groceries at Walmart, Jeff picked out Cohen's first fishing pole...since he also had to pick out hooks and bobbers, this took a good a 10-15 minutes!  Cohen was very proud of his shish pole and held on tight to it in the shopping cart and all the way out to the car.  The fishing lesson on the boat lasted less than five minutes and he spent the rest of the time giving momma semi-heart attacks by using his own fishing technique - throwing cheese to the fish!

While Jeff spent about 30 minutes trying to catch a fish for Cohen to see, Cohen and I threw sticks in the water.  Oh and I think Cohen may also be in training to become the next SurvivorMan...

Cohen loved helping daddy drive the boat, but I think his very favorite part was going fast.  All the way home from the lake and for at least the next two days, Cohen told anyone who would listen "Go bye-bye on daddy's boat - daddy's boat go sast!"

This is what going "sast" looks like!!

Cohen's first fishing lesson

That's a proud daddy!

Daddy pulling the shish pole up from the bottom of the lake...the bobber saved the day!

Somebody has to teach Cohen how to catch the BIG fish!

Cohen had to try out every seat!

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