Bad Guy Face

I noticed Leif making this face a lot today. It was mostly when he was fighting off pretend bad guys in the yard. So, I followed him around and got him to show me his "bad guy face".
Me: "Wow, that face would scare away some bad guys."
Leif: "Oh, that's not how I would scare away the bad guys."
Me: "Oh really, how would you?"
Leif: "Well, I'd just kill the first one, and the rest would just run away."

Oh Brother: Toddler Language

Our 2 year old Owen (who has not yet been mentioned on this blog- welcome Owen!) has been adding an "ee" to the end of lots of words lately. Charles thinks he's afraid he's losing his baby cute factor, so he's trying to talk cute. Just before dinner tonight he spots some animal crackers and looks at me and says, "Cracker time!", which is cute enough, but when I said no, it's dinner time, he tried, "Cracky timey?"

He calls himself "Owie", but every once in a while, I'll ask him if he's my Owie, and he'll say, "I Owen Warren" just to spite me. He calls Leif "Leify", which Leif likes, but will not allow anyone else to call him.

Owen is also in the stage where he repeats everything that is said. This was especially frustrating for Leif the other night as they raced in the house. Leif was faster than Owen would shout, "I WIN!" as he would run into the couch. Owen would repeat, "I WIN!", and Leif looked at him and said, "No, you lost!", to which Owen replied, "No, you lost!" So, Leif tried again, "No, I WON", and like a perfect parrot, Owen shouts with intensity, "NO! I WON!"...and so on...oh brothers!