Sunday, February 27, 2011

More than just bouncy house success

I figure I should probably post other things about Manny rather than just his bouncy house success.
Manny loves books, loves to point out letters, sing the alphabet, talk about colors (I think his favorite at this time, or at least the ones he talks about the most, are green, orange, red, and yellow). He loves to count (up to 10 and then some random teens in English, and up to 10 in Spanish, but sometimes with a little help). He still mostly speaks in English, but understands Spanish. I try the little Spanish I know, but he just looks at me like, "That's not your real language," and then answers me in English.
And sadly he quotes movies a lot. He can see it once and repeat scenes and lines. And often it is the thing I least want him to pick up on. The latest is from the Shrek #4 (I know, maybe not the best choice for a 2 yr-old) movie. Out of the whole thing he picks up where an evil witch yells, "Shut your mouth!" We keep having to talk about how we don't say that, the witch said that and she is not nice, we shouldn't so things like her, she's mean, etc. He thankfully hasn't said it in a while, but there have been other instances. Like in "Despicable Me" where a kid says "My dad is going to kick your butt." Awful! I know! He watched it at a friend's house, and thankfully only said that once to the friend's mom. She did a great job and tried not to make a big deal out of it. He hasn't repeated it since. I never realized I watched such terrible movies. It is making me be more aware of what we are watching.
Maybe I should get some Jesus movies.

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