Language

One of the coolest aspects of raising kids is watching how they develop their language skills. English doesn't always follow rules the way a kid thinks it should. Tense gets complicated. Here are a few gems from Grace:

Too or Two

Ellen: "Don't eat too much popcorn. I don't want you to spoil your dinner."

Grace: "I won't eat two much, Mom. I'll eat three much."


Top and Bottom or Up and Down

Craig: "Grace,where do we put your socks?"

Grace: "In my down drawer."

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Grace: "Mom, you get the ice from the Up refrigerator and the water from the Down refrigerator."


How do you pronounce does?

Ellen: "Grace, does Daddy have your backpack?"

Grace: "He do's."


Where does won't come from anyway?

Craig: "Grace, please don't bother Ollie."

Grace: "I not will bother him anymore."


When to add 's'

Ellen: "Did you tell Ms. Flanders that you needed to use the potty?"

Grace: "She knews I needed to."


There are so many other instances when Grace does something creative with language that I can hardly keep track. Craig, in particular, loves her missteps so much that he never wants me to correct her. He's right. She'll be correcting us before we know it.