Things I Have Learnt This Weekend

Yesterday I had The Boy Wonder for the day, I love the time I get to spend with him whatever we do, whatever his (or for that matter, my) mood. Time with him makes me happy beyond words, and it's quite often a learning experience too. Occasionally for him, but mainly for me.

Here's a summary of yesterday's gems of knowledge, straight from the oracle that is my son (age 5):

• 'Batman' is a perfectly acceptable name for a cat.
• He likes The Saturdays' new song 'Notorious', unless I sing it. That just hurts his ears and makes him feel poorly.
• Beyonce is not a Pterodactyl. I know, I was surprised too, but if you look closely the signs are there.

A Pterodactyl

Beyonce

But here's my absolute favourite vignette from yesterday. He has taken to dropping the 'T' sound from words, using a glottal* stop instead. I am constantly pulling him up on it, it's become a great new game for us. He told me that T-rex was "be'er" than Diplodocus. This is the conversation that followed:

Me: "How many Ts are there in Better?"

TBW: "2"

Me: "So we say them both, don't we?"

TBW: "Better"

Me: "Thank you."

TBW: "There are 2 Ts in 'butter', aren't there?"

Me: "That's right."

TBW: "But only one T in 'but'."

Me: "You're right, that's very good!"

TBW: "There are 2 Ks in 'Dalek'."

Me: "Ah, no sunshine. There's only one K in 'Dalek'."

TBW: "Not if there's 2 Daleks."

Five years old and he already has the measure of me. Sigh.

NDC

* - Is it just me, or is it funny that 'Glottal' has two Ts in it?