English Lessons

Owen can say about seven English words now: bottle, hot, bye, Mom, Dad, Pop, and dog. He uses dog frequently, due to the constantly barking dog in the yard behind ours, and the pit bull around the corner, who charges the fence when we walk by. When either one of them barks, he says, "Dog?", and then goes "Woooof! Woooof!" Or, if he sees anyone walking a dog in the neighborhood, he gets excited and starts chanting, "Dog! Dog!"

So, the other day, we were having lunch, and Ray and I both asked Owen if he wanted more hot dog. More hot dog, Owen? Want more hot dog?

"Dog? Dog?" he said, looking at us quizzically.

Okay, I don't think he was imagining that we were actually feeding him dog for lunch, but I think he thought we wanted him to look at the dog, and where the heck was it in the kitchen?

From now on, we're calling his lunch item a wiener. Until he meets a wiener dog....