Are You Kidding Me?

It amazes me how clever Tristan is and how he is always observing situations. Obviously he hears everything I am saying even if he pretends not to be listening. Sometimes it cracks me up when I hear my own words or other people's come out of his mouth. For instance, Elaine has a habit of saying, "Are you kidding me?" Well, Tristan picked this up early on in their trip and I have to say it is one of the cuter sayings he has ever picked up. He knew just how to use it so I was sure that he had observed it a few times before testing it out. I didn't know just how much he understood until tonight at dinner.

I served Tristan some yogurt with granola which he gobbled right up, and then I put a few grapes on his tray. T is not that keen on eating new foods, but I figured he likes raisins so I just told him they were juicy raisins. I told him if he ate all four juicy raisins then he would get some fruit snacks. He calmly slid them back across the tray to me and said, "Mommy, if you eat all of them you get more coffee" as he points to my espresso cup. Well, that sounded like a pretty good deal to me, so I ate the grapes. After they were gone, Tristan got so excited that he cheered for me and encouraged me to go get my coffee... so I did!