crazy mouse questions

Just a brief language update: Jacob is really coming along well with his words and phrases, although he is still stumped on some sounds. Sophia is still "Fia" and "s" still degenerates int "sh" for "Fia School Buh-sh" But he's got words for pretty much everything now.

His politeness is improving, at least in words. He still steals toys from his sister, but when she gives him something he says "Thank you much fia" and when sophia sneezes, he says "Bless you Fia." In fact, he says "Thank you much" more often than he says "Thank you". I think his sister has something to do with that - she is very proper in some circumstances. Also, he'll say "sorry fia" in appropriate situations.

We were in the gym of the church playing games while Mommy was preaching, and he was very excited to play soccer. his repeated comment was: "Socca game! Kick-a ball!" I think that counts as a 5 word sentence.

Oh, and he's always concerned with being included. and with ears like a hawk that can be a pain. We're in a store, looking at clothes, and Tricia says, quietly, to me "This might fit him". Instantly he looks at us, points to himself and says "me?" except that words cannot really describe the particular pitch and range of expression that his questions can have. Imagine an animal that can morph from a cat to a mouse and you have an idea of what he sounds like. The "M" part of "me?" starts on a pretty high note, but then he sweeps up into the ultrasound, like "MEEE????" and every time he has a question, he does this crazy emphasized raising... when he wants his sticker book: STICKAAA?? BOOK???? ... when he wants to be included: "MEEE??? TOOO????" ... and when he wants to make sure that he will be in attendance "MEEE??? COME???? TOO????"

I'll try to record some of these questions because the words just don't do it justice.

UPDATE:

We just this minute discovered our son is brilliant:

"Hey Jacob, do you remember the name of the doctor we saw last week?"

"yah" (which is his stock response so we're like yeah right whatever"

"What's his name"

"Dock-ta Bruce!"

Wait, what? We only mentioned his name in passing once or twice, and Dr Bruce only introduced himself to us once, although he did talk directly to jacob. This kid remembers everything, We're doomed.

UPDATE UPDATE: We made a big deal of him saying doctor bruce, so we did a new test:

"What's your uncle's name?"

"Dock-ta Bruce!"

Well I guess we're OK for a little while...