bye and no

Sylvia is quite a bit more verbal than Rafa.  Girls.  She loves to mimic our words and has even started piping in as we sing songs and count to ten!

Rafa, well, Rafa is great at animal sounds, but only has a few other words.  Two of his (and our) faves are "Bye" and "No".  It's not the words themselves, but how he uses them that really tickles us.  He says bye, pretty much every time someone leaves (although most of the time, it's after they've left and he's not as shy anymore) or we leave from one place to another.  He also doesn't just say bye to people.  Things get goodbyes, too, when we go.  Our favorite, though, is when he's finished eating (or at least finished playing with the food we want him to eat), he says "bye" and waves at his plate.  It's our sign to clear the table.  We giggle every time.

We have been lucky that the twoddlers haven't started saying "No" until now.  And so far, their learning that word hasn't come back to bite us, yet.  Sylvia doesn't really say it much, but Rafa has mastered it.  And he doesn't just say it.  He commands it.  He says it with full authority.  Kind of like how his mama says it...  But he doesn't say it when he doesn't want something (they still make great use of the head shake, which is adorable).  He says it right after we tell one of them no.  Sort of like an added emphasis to our instructions.  It cracks me up.  Probably because everything else that comes out of his mouth is in such a sweet tone and this is an entirely different voice.

What will they say next?...