Samtalk

I just LOVE the age that Sam is at right now. It's so fun to have real conversations with him and to just watch him light up with excitement about what he sees in the world around him.

"Samtalk" words for your entertainment
moonguck - music
gwampa/gwamma - grandpa/grandma
okker - Oscar
edefent - elephant
bridget book - Spanish book
gook - look
banna - banana
I dove you - I love you
how it works? - how does it work?
is that? - what is that?
cowers - colors (crayons)
yuddow - yellow
hoppencopter - helicopter
hippopommamus - hippopotamus
addigator - alligator

A conversation in the car
Sam: Oh, gook (look) a bus!
Peter: Actually, Sam, that's not a bus, that's called a camper.
Sam: No, Daddy. It's called a bus.

In the bathtub as the water is draining out
Sam: Bye, bye addigator, after why crocdie (as he waves at the water).

On our morning walk, near the duck pond
Sam: Where duckies go?
Me: They must be at home sleeping.
Sam: Oh, seeping at Gwamma and Gwampas house.

Me: Oh, there's a duck. It looks like he is eating breakfast. What do you think he is eating?
Sam: Umm. (long pause) Stwawbewwies.