The miracle of speech

Sierra is so cute. Unless she's being shy around non-family members, she never stops chattering.

Yesterday, she had cut up hot dog for lunch. She ate at the coffee table in the living room while watching Spongebob, I was on my laptop in the kitchen with Echo curled up at my feet and Midnight in the dog crate asleep. About fifteen minutes into her meal, Sierra came racing out to me screaming "MEEDNIGHT EAT MY HOTDOG!!!" I laughed and pointed out to her that Midnight was in her crate and could not possibly have eaten her hot dog. She looked at the plate again, and told me "Echo ate my hot dog." Looked down at the slumbering yellow Lab, and Sierra blurts out "SI-SI ATE HOTDOG!"

Honesty prevails.

Other current speech habits include:

"I need help" when she needs help with something
"I don't need help!" when she needs help with something
"I play!"
"I want Spongebob"
"I want cookies, I want cake, I want ice cream, I want chocolate milk" every morning as soon as she wakes up.

"Jaymes took it"
"Echo took it"
"Meeednight ate it"
"Doggie ew" when a dog has has left a deposit on the grass out back
"Horsie ew" when the horse has left a much larger deposit on the grass out back.

"Daddy need diaper" when daddy passes gas
"Daddy ew" See above
"Si-Si ew" Means, batten down the hatches and remove your nose quick, time for a diaper change.

Ah, the joys of a talking child.