Eli-isms.

Lately there seems to be a constant repetition of certai phrases here in the Hardegree home. For starters, should Eli be told "no" or "stop" or even "come in the house it's too cold" his automatic response will be Eni wanna go BigMama's hoooouse. Yet it's not all about BigMama's, as if he's at HER house and gets asked to stop or told no, the response is quickly Eni wanna go hooooooome. Little stinker.

Another commone one? Eni No Can Want. When told it's time for a nap? Eli informs us Eni No Can Want Take A Nap. And usually what happens is he does manage to refuse even though it's in his best interest to take that nap. And as pictured to the left, this is what tends to happen around, oh, four p.m. when we leave the room for all of two minutes. It must say it makes for lovely bedtime routines. Take tonight, for instance. I fear he may never go to sleep. Surely the all of twenty minutes he slept there on the couch weren't enough to give him energy for an all-night, right? This is that one time when lying would be appropriate.