The Things He Says

Phone calls

2008-02-24T14:26:00.000-08:00

"Daddy is talking to his mummy and daddy."

Greetings

2008-02-24T14:24:00.000-08:00

"Hi, Phoebe. We're early."

Numbers and letters

2008-02-09T19:11:00.000-08:00

Nancy: "How do you spell doll?"

Ian: "D - O - 11 "

After I came back from the hairdresser

2008-02-09T19:08:00.000-08:00

"Daddy. You had a haircut!"

Literal

2008-02-09T18:58:00.000-08:00

Nancy: "What are you standing on?"

Ian: "On my shoes"

Nancy: "What else?"

Ian: "My feet"

Another day with Nancy

2008-02-03T11:30:00.000-08:00

Nancy: "Do you see the rain?"
Ian: "Yes."
Nancy: "Give me a full sentence."
Ian: "Yes, I see the rain."

Ian gave dolly a kiss
Nancy: "Did you kiss your dolly?"
Ian: "Yes I kissed my dolly."

Ian: "You are wiping down table."

Ian noticed that Nancy was not wearing earrings.
Ian: "No earring."
Ian: "You have no earring."
Nancy: "Where is my earring?"
Ian: "In the pocket."

During a break when he was upset about something.
"Ian mad. I am mad."
"Nope."
"No YMCA, no swimming, no car, no Shayla class, nothing."
"Ian mad. All done. Not doing work. Not finish the work."
"No swimming party. No skating.
"Ian not happy."

Nancy: "What are you doing?"
Ian: "Standing on my bed."
Prompted
Ian: "I am standing on my bed."

Ian: "I want bike."
Nancy: "Ian, can you ride a bike?"
Ian: "Yes."
Prompted
Ian: "Yes, I can ride a bike."

Picking up

2008-01-26T16:02:00.000-08:00

Nancy: "Where did mommy go?"
Ian: "They go to pick up Emmi"
Nancy: "Give me a sentence"
Ian: "Mommy pick up Emmi"
Nancy corrected
Ian: "Mommy went to pick up Emmi"

Light or dark?

2008-01-26T16:00:00.000-08:00

Nancy: "Is it like or dark outside?"
Ian: "Dark outside"
Nancy: "Give me a sentence"
Ian: "It's dark outside"

Possession

2008-01-26T15:59:00.000-08:00

"May I have my dollie, please?"

Ownership

2008-01-26T15:54:00.000-08:00

Looking out the window at something:

Ian: "That's mine"
Nancy: "Ian, what is yours?"
Ian: "That one"
Nancy: "Oh! That one is yours?"
Ian: "Yes. That one is yours"
(Nancy corrected)
Ian: "That one is mine"

What letter does leaf start with?

2008-01-26T15:52:00.000-08:00

The letter "L"

What did you do?

2008-01-20T20:52:00.000-08:00

"I put a sweater on dolly."

What did you write?

2008-01-20T20:51:00.000-08:00

I wrote a letter "I"."

"What is the birdie doing?"

2008-01-20T20:50:00.000-08:00

"He's eating the oranges."

A 15-minute barrage

2008-01-20T20:32:00.000-08:00

After quite a few weeks where he was behaving very well, Ian decided, for whatever reason, that he would not be quite as cooperative in his work session with Nancy. So she decided to stop the session early. The following are the highlights from the next 15 minutes monologue as he described to himself what had happened:

"Nancy, call Mum again, not listening."
"You are not doing anything. I'm not listening properly."
"Now you work again. Did not finish the work."
"Not doing a good job. Not working no more."
"Nancy go outside. Nancy go home. Nancy go night-night." (sequence)
"No yogurt. No ice cream. No Shayla class. No french fries. No car. No grandpa. No OT. No make popcorn. No cracker."
"Ian not happy. Ian mad. Why? Ian is not happy."
"Not finish the work properly. Not good job listening."
"Work is all done."
"Clap, clap, all done."

While pulling it

2008-01-09T21:57:00.000-08:00

"Nancy said don't pull it."

Answering the question himself

2008-01-06T11:28:00.001-08:00

"Why is Daddy mad? Because I'm not listening."

Pulling directions

2008-01-06T10:16:00.000-08:00

"I want to go to my room."

To open the box where the crackers were hidden

2008-01-06T10:12:00.000-08:00

"I need help."

I will, if you go to bed now

2008-01-01T10:43:00.000-08:00

"Daddy. Be happy."

Because you just got up after I spent the last 30 minutes trying to get you to go to bed

2008-01-01T10:41:00.000-08:00

"Why is Daddy mad?"

Usually when doing something naughty

2007-12-30T09:44:00.000-08:00

"Daddy. Go bye-bye."

On the inappropriate wearing of shorts in winter time by his sister

2007-12-30T09:41:00.001-08:00

"I want Emmi pant on." "Why no Emmi pant?"

Before jumping into a ball pit

2007-12-27T16:19:00.001-08:00

"Dad. Watch me"

More time for play?

2007-12-16T10:08:00.000-08:00

"May I have one more minute, please?"

Looking for a snack in the cupboard

2007-12-15T11:22:00.000-08:00

Where Golfid?

After she burned her finger on the stove

2007-12-15T11:15:00.000-08:00

"Mommy hurt herself"

The train around the tree

2007-12-15T11:14:00.000-08:00

"I need help. It not working"