My little charmer

Oscar is a bit of a flirt.  I’ve noticed it a few times when we’re out shopping or at lunch.  He’ll make eyes at women, and if he’s really interested, he’ll do a little dance to try to get their attention.  Yesterday, his speech therapist brought an observer (a young, attractive, female observer) and Oscar turned up the charm.   He hugged both of them when they arrived, he paid attention throughout the session (unheard of before) and he even said two words while they were there.  [He also said "bye" and "night" yesterday, but that had nothing to do with him trying to butter up a girl.  He was telling Nanny Norma to go away.]

I think he even made his first joke.  Usually when he gets bored with an activity one of his therapists is doing, he’ll walk away or lay down on the floor.  This time, instead of ignoring them, he signed “bed,” closed his eyes and made a snoring noise.  Like he was so bored with what they were doing, he had fallen asleep.  Isn’t sarcasm in a 2 year old a bit early?  I suspect my parents are laughing at this, as I probably started rolling my eyes before I was even walking.

My favorite is that when he said goodbye to them at the door, he actually said “bye” but then he blew them kisses (which is not something we’ve been teaching him to do, although my parents do blow him kisses on Skype).  I’m hoping to develop this into a dual-cheeked air kiss for that certain European panache I’m attempting to instill.  Ours is an international household afterall.

November 19, 2009 - Posted by Oscar and Etta's mom | Oscar