They say that you are never to old to learn something new. Mason is making sure that I continue to get educated. For example, Mason is teaching me a foreign language along with sign language. Of course, it is a language unique to him that requires gestures to convey to those of us “un-learned” individuals. Laura has already made the transition. She cannot speak Mason’s vernacular, but she certainly understands it better than I do. He will come up to me, rattle off a string of garbled sounds, point, gesture and expect me to know exactly what he wants. Laura will then chuckle to herself and get him a juice box, or get Monkey off the top of the entertainment center after he threw it up there, or make him lunch. She chuckles…at me…because I get that “What…” look on my face. I am a little slow in translating the garbled noises.
Recently, Mason has been teaching me the many uses of the phrase ‘aww man’. Let me set this up so you can say it correctly. The ‘aww’ is in a low voice and the ‘man’ is in a high voice. Aww, man. There are apparently many situations that call for ‘aww, man’, for example…
Mason sometimes gets in his own way and will randomly trip over his own feet walking across the room. As soon as he hits the floor…”Aww Man”
Mason is growing like a weed and is not always aware of how tall he actually is. Grandma and Grandpa have an island in the middle of their kitchen where the countertop hangs over about a foot an a half around the base. They also have a drawer in the kitchen dedicated to Mason’s toys. Convenient, but sometimes a hazard for Mason. He will grab a plastic phone with wheels and pull cord out of the drawer and start dragging it across the kitchen floor. Of course, he has his head cranked around backwards looking at the toy and walks directly into the counter top, which incidentally hits him in the side of the head. After picking himself up off the floor and rubbing his head… ”Aww Man”
We were given a small step stool for Mason, which does nothing other than extend his reach to get into things that he shouldn’t be in…thanks again Grandma. Mason has figured out that if he places the step stool right under the pantry shelves, he can reach the junk food. I do not particularly like Mason tanking up on junk food just before supper. When I see him walk into the room with a container of Pringles, I immediately tell him to put them back. Mason responds…”Aww Man”
Our outside dog, Buddy, likes to touch his nose to Mason’s face as a friendly greeting when Mason goes outside. I have at least got the licking stopped, but I am not able to break Buddy from touching his wet nose on Mason’s face. Buddy is just too excited to see him. Obviously, Mason is not thrilled with the greeting. He swipes his arm across his face and… ”Aww Man”
When loading a heavy rock into his Tonka Truck…"Aww Man"
This seems to be his favorite phrase and uses it constantly. It is kinda comical…for a while…until I have heard it for the hundredth time that day.
I can’t wait to see what Mason will be teaching me next.
