I suppose that I should be playing more and more children's songs for Jamey, but most of his favorites are songs on the radio. After discussing music with Jamey yesterday, he and I put together a play list and why he chose those songs. Just like any other famous person:
1. "Bad Romance" from Lady Gaga: Jamey refers to it as Gaga, and bounces to the beat. There is no other reason, other than it has a great beat!
2. "Baby are you down" from Jay Sean: This song greatly features one of Jamey's favorite words-- down.
3. "Three" from Britney Spears: I don't like this choice, personally, but Jamey loves the part where they sing numbers.
4. "Blah blah Blah" from Kesha: Another one that I don't like, but Jamey loves saying "blah blah blah" and I love it when he says this, so.... okay.
5. "Amboss" from our German dance group: This dance usually leads Jamey to ride on Glenn's shoulders, so he likes it.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Oxford Edition of the Jamey Lexicon
Wow, I am guilty of not updating in quite a while. Inspired by the requests of a number of people to keep writing on my blog, I have decided that I need to keep a record here for myself, of Jamey's funny moments and growth.
As many may know, Jamey's first word (beyond Mama and Dada) was "dog", although we don't have one. That was in July and in the past six months, his vocabulary has ballooned out of control. He is now our little parrot, repeating the last word of a sentence, whether it be "butt", "dying", or "why". I realize, however, that the majority of what Jamey says is a mystery to anyone beyond Glenn and I. At times, it is the difference of a stressed syllable to show what he is saying. A little bit like Chinese.
Also contributing to the confusion is Jamey's occasional mix of German and English. Thus, I have created a dictionary of common Jamey words that may be mistaken.
-"angle"= triangle
-"dadot"= square; Jamey uses part of the German word "quadrat" for square
-"arnch"= orange
-"Gaga"= Jamey is requesting to hear Lady Gaga
-"adown"= up or down, based on the context
-"eye"= drei, the number three in German
-"un" = one
-"Monsher"= Monster, more specifically the name Jamey has Glenn's Ipod Touch
-"daw"= draw, Jamey wants to color
-"Monca" or "Monga" = Monica, which he seems to say every time I get on the phone, like I am always calling Monica
-"hummer"= hammer; usually this means he wants to hear the hammer song from our dance group
-"Bubby"= Jamey wants to play with his toy Bugsby
-"oh"= show
-"Namey"= Jamey; this is what he calls himself
-"mink"= pink
-"ite"= white
These are only a few of the many words that he says. Some are simple sounds, like when he makes a horse noise, meaning he wants to hear the song used with the horsey dance in our dance group.
He also has a one-word name for almost every book he has, and he loves them all. From "Bar" which is any book featuring a bear to "Em", which for some reason is the book "What Does Baby Do" to "Bubar" which is "Are you by Mother", he knows what book he wants without even seeing the cover.
The latest revelation is his ability to recognize letters. Through various toys which have age limits 3-5 (and many of which he got from Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Jim), Jamey has been encountering his letters left and right. I am guessing this is how, he can now identify at least 23 letters of the alphabet and name them. Every day he points more and more at letters on tshirts and signs, and every day I am still shocked by it.
As many may know, Jamey's first word (beyond Mama and Dada) was "dog", although we don't have one. That was in July and in the past six months, his vocabulary has ballooned out of control. He is now our little parrot, repeating the last word of a sentence, whether it be "butt", "dying", or "why". I realize, however, that the majority of what Jamey says is a mystery to anyone beyond Glenn and I. At times, it is the difference of a stressed syllable to show what he is saying. A little bit like Chinese.
Also contributing to the confusion is Jamey's occasional mix of German and English. Thus, I have created a dictionary of common Jamey words that may be mistaken.
-"angle"= triangle
-"dadot"= square; Jamey uses part of the German word "quadrat" for square
-"arnch"= orange
-"Gaga"= Jamey is requesting to hear Lady Gaga
-"adown"= up or down, based on the context
-"eye"= drei, the number three in German
-"un" = one
-"Monsher"= Monster, more specifically the name Jamey has Glenn's Ipod Touch
-"daw"= draw, Jamey wants to color
-"Monca" or "Monga" = Monica, which he seems to say every time I get on the phone, like I am always calling Monica
-"hummer"= hammer; usually this means he wants to hear the hammer song from our dance group
-"Bubby"= Jamey wants to play with his toy Bugsby
-"oh"= show
-"Namey"= Jamey; this is what he calls himself
-"mink"= pink
-"ite"= white
These are only a few of the many words that he says. Some are simple sounds, like when he makes a horse noise, meaning he wants to hear the song used with the horsey dance in our dance group.
He also has a one-word name for almost every book he has, and he loves them all. From "Bar" which is any book featuring a bear to "Em", which for some reason is the book "What Does Baby Do" to "Bubar" which is "Are you by Mother", he knows what book he wants without even seeing the cover.
The latest revelation is his ability to recognize letters. Through various toys which have age limits 3-5 (and many of which he got from Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Jim), Jamey has been encountering his letters left and right. I am guessing this is how, he can now identify at least 23 letters of the alphabet and name them. Every day he points more and more at letters on tshirts and signs, and every day I am still shocked by it.
Monday, January 25, 2010
These are a few of my favorite things....
I must apologize that it has been far too long that since I have posted here. I must admit, it is so simple to post on Facebook-- anything from videos to status updates. But really, neither of those things does the justice that a post really does. It can't describe the hilarious stories that Jamey brings.
Thus, two months after my last post, I wanted to fill you in on a few of my favorite "Jamey things..."
-Jamey kisses: Every night, after I rock Jamey in his chair for a few minutes, I stand up to lay him in his bed. Although he is usually half asleep on my shoulder, he picks his head up, puckers up, and kisses me lightly on the lips. Then he lies his head back down on my shoulder and goes back to sleep. I think this must be my most favorite of all favorite things because I don't ask for it. It is a completely Jamey-prompted moment.
-Jamey reading books: Okay, so Jamey can't READ books, but you wouldn't know it from watching him. He will pick up a book and sit with it in his hands. His eyes will go back and forth, as though he is taking in the words. He will flip the pages. Everything anyone else might do.
He will often also hand a book to me to read, but he doesn't want me to read it TO him. He wants me to read while he reads. That is, until he is done with his book, and then he steals mine and gives me his.
The coolest part about Jamey's reading is when he knows the book so well that he can say phrases of it. The other day, he picked up "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" from Eric Carle and just started saying, "Brown bear, brown bear, brown bear, brown bear..." over and over.
-Jamey's Denglisch- As Jamey learns both German and English, a few things get caught in the middle. This is very normal, and I must say, also very cute. When you ask him what a rooster says, he will tell you-- "Kikiriki", which is what they say in German. When you start to play Peekaboo, you may notice he says "Guck guck" instead. For him, this is right. Here is a little Denglisch demonstration.
-Jamey and Friends- Jamey is really starting to get to know people now and lights up when he gets to see his friends. Last week, as Glenn and Jamey started to walk to the park, Jamey suddenly derailed and wanted to go to Jaeda's house, the little girl who lives two doors down. She is only 5 months older than Jamey and they get along great. At practice the other night, I was in a back room with Jamey and spied Monica in the main room. I said to Jamey, "I think Christopher is here!" He immediately swivelled his head around, searching the room. I asked him, "Do you want to go see Christopher?" and he gave a loud "YEAH!" And off he ran. Once he had spotted Monica and Christopher, his run turned into as much of a sprint as Jamey can do.
-Jamey and Ipod Touch- Glenn loaded a few apps on his Ipod Touch that Jamey would be able to use-- kids' games that let him touch the screen without fear of ruining an app. He has gotten the hang of it pretty quickly. Here you can see he knows pretty well what to do. It makes him seem even older when he sits on the couch with the Ipod in his two hands.
Sure, Jamey is starting to show off his temper and starting to fuss more, but it is still the funny things that hold my attention the longest. We have had 2 time outs, which seemed to have worked some. He is also getting into anything and everything, trying to put the littlest things in the most inconvenient places-- namely, behind the couch. We still have to rescue his James train from back there, as he wanted to see if it could drive up and down the wall. Oops.
Thus, two months after my last post, I wanted to fill you in on a few of my favorite "Jamey things..."
-Jamey kisses: Every night, after I rock Jamey in his chair for a few minutes, I stand up to lay him in his bed. Although he is usually half asleep on my shoulder, he picks his head up, puckers up, and kisses me lightly on the lips. Then he lies his head back down on my shoulder and goes back to sleep. I think this must be my most favorite of all favorite things because I don't ask for it. It is a completely Jamey-prompted moment.
-Jamey reading books: Okay, so Jamey can't READ books, but you wouldn't know it from watching him. He will pick up a book and sit with it in his hands. His eyes will go back and forth, as though he is taking in the words. He will flip the pages. Everything anyone else might do.
He will often also hand a book to me to read, but he doesn't want me to read it TO him. He wants me to read while he reads. That is, until he is done with his book, and then he steals mine and gives me his.
The coolest part about Jamey's reading is when he knows the book so well that he can say phrases of it. The other day, he picked up "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" from Eric Carle and just started saying, "Brown bear, brown bear, brown bear, brown bear..." over and over.
-Jamey's Denglisch- As Jamey learns both German and English, a few things get caught in the middle. This is very normal, and I must say, also very cute. When you ask him what a rooster says, he will tell you-- "Kikiriki", which is what they say in German. When you start to play Peekaboo, you may notice he says "Guck guck" instead. For him, this is right. Here is a little Denglisch demonstration.
-Jamey and Friends- Jamey is really starting to get to know people now and lights up when he gets to see his friends. Last week, as Glenn and Jamey started to walk to the park, Jamey suddenly derailed and wanted to go to Jaeda's house, the little girl who lives two doors down. She is only 5 months older than Jamey and they get along great. At practice the other night, I was in a back room with Jamey and spied Monica in the main room. I said to Jamey, "I think Christopher is here!" He immediately swivelled his head around, searching the room. I asked him, "Do you want to go see Christopher?" and he gave a loud "YEAH!" And off he ran. Once he had spotted Monica and Christopher, his run turned into as much of a sprint as Jamey can do.
-Jamey and Ipod Touch- Glenn loaded a few apps on his Ipod Touch that Jamey would be able to use-- kids' games that let him touch the screen without fear of ruining an app. He has gotten the hang of it pretty quickly. Here you can see he knows pretty well what to do. It makes him seem even older when he sits on the couch with the Ipod in his two hands.
Sure, Jamey is starting to show off his temper and starting to fuss more, but it is still the funny things that hold my attention the longest. We have had 2 time outs, which seemed to have worked some. He is also getting into anything and everything, trying to put the littlest things in the most inconvenient places-- namely, behind the couch. We still have to rescue his James train from back there, as he wanted to see if it could drive up and down the wall. Oops.
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