New phrases from Ben

Ben has really made progress in his speech lately! Within the last week or so, he has exploded with new words and, more notably, new phrases! I can't help but note that he has been in the new school for a week and a half....coincidence?...I think not. Here are a few of his newest phrases:

• "I am SO excited!" ~ when I handed him a new puzzle that I brought back from Ohio
• "I'm trying to!!" ~ when I asked him to come downstairs...he was trying to pick up an armful of books to bring down with him.
• "You the best mom ever!" ~ witnessed by Scott and Cailey...and I was so happy to hear this one! :o)
• "I love you so much!" ~ he has been saying "love ew" for a little while...but now it is clear and articulate and he has added the "so much" part!
• "You want a piece of me?" or "Listen hear mister" or "I open a can on you"(can of whoop-ass is what he means...but we don't say the "whoop-ass" part :o) ~ thanks to Daddy for these...these are commonly heard phrases when they are wrestling :o)
• "I've got to go potty!" ~ a milestone in more than one way...he even says this when we are out-and-about!!! Yeah, Ben!!!
• "Of course I can" ~ when asked if he can reach something off the counter top.
• "No, I am still sleepy" ~ when asked if he is ready to get out of bed...and then, "Shut the door!" when I walked back out of his room...he went back to sleep for an hour and a half!
• "Turn the volume up, please!" ~ when he can't hear the T.V. or radio
• "You're welcome" ~ obviously responding to "thank you"
• "Who's coming to our home 'night?" ~ asked one Saturday afternoon..cute!
• "That's delicious!" or "That's gross" (followed by a gagging sound. Nice!) ~ his response to almost all food :o) It's either one of these extremes...nothing in between.
• "Ms. Paula, how you horses?" ~ Ms. Paula is his speech therapist and he LOVES her so much! She talks about her horses a lot and out of the blue Ben asked her how they were doing! The look on her face was classic and she thanked him profusely for asking!
• "Ms. Paula coming to my home today?" ~ he asks almost daily...but he only gets to see her every other week :o/
• "Like this?" ~ showing me his shoes to make sure they are on the correct foot...I love that he asks if they are correct, but he still wants to put them on himself.
• "It's windy outside" ~ he wanted to go out in the back yard and he was informing me that it was windy to make sure it was still okay to go outside...so cute!
• "Forty pounds" ~ his response to how much anything/everything costs or weighs...it's just cute.
• "Watch for cars, no cross street!" ~ at least I know he is listening to some things I drill into his head :o}
• "B.E.N...BEN!" ~ we are working on spelling his name...this one is still a work in progress because it isn't consistent...sometimes he says something like "R.D.S...BEN!"...but he's still very proud of himself (HA HA HA!)
• "Put this in wittle bowl. It's too hard. I just a wittle boy." ~ this was this morning when I gave him a frozen tube of yogurt and he couldn't get it to come out of the tube. I thought it was one of the cutest things ever.
• "I need put this phone away" ~ I am known to leave the cordless phone laying around, not on it's cradle. Scott should be pleased that he has trained Ben to put the phone away so he doesn't have to as often :o) :o)
• "You okay?" ~ if you sneeze or cough or say "ow" for any reason, Ben will ask if you are okay :o)
• "Yes, EXACTLY!" ~ confirming that he wanted to eat Mac & Cheese and a hot dog for dinner. This one just happened so I had to add it to the list.

Scott's additions:

• "That's silly!"
• "That's awesome!"
• "It's great!" ~ when Scott asked him how school was
• Ben and I walked into Cailey's school yesterday to pick her up from Girl Scouts. One of the little girls' sister, Kaitlyn, ran up to Ben and said, "Ben, come play with us!" Ben put up his hand and strutted away while saying, "I go see my sis-er first. I be back"

More to come!!!!!