so carter, as i have said, is talking up a storm--but still only single words, rarely linking them--he has some phrases (thank you mommy, mommy please, mommy on, daddy home, ava no!, and his favorite, seeeet dowwwwwwwn!), but he still likes to sort of narrate word by word what is going on in his life: running! running! walking. hiding! dark! show! nutcracker! mice...trash? milk. bratwurst!...

but today, someone, who shall remain nameless in her little camp over in corey's, naively introduced him to the phrase "pooped out.." as in: "gee, i wish i could, but i am completely pooped out."

ah. nothing could be more fun to say than "pooped ooooowwwwwtttt!" and even more fun are the horrifying variations: "poop! out!" "poooooooop in!" and so on. it does not help that ava finds this outrageously funny.

i cannot wait to take him to the grocery store.