Zoom City

For months, we've laughed at Isaac's "alien talk". He could carry on an entire conversation of gibberish and there wouldn't be a real word in any of it.

But in the last couple of weeks, he's starting to say so many words. And he's actually putting sentences together. It seems to correlate with when he began saying his own name. "Eye-sheek". Now, it's Eye-sheek go out-shide. Eye-sheek's car. And his favorite, Don't fall! (This usually signals that he's dangling from something he's climbed on, and I'd better hurry up and rescue him before he gets another bump, scrape, or bruise that he seems to stay covered in these days.)

Another new stage is his obsession with planes, trains, buses, trucks and cars. He is constantly making motor sounds and pushing around, or riding on, some motor vehicle. He favors the larger ones, especially the big yellow school bus.

Right now, he's tugging on my leg with his favorite book in his hand - Zoom City! which is all about cars and tow trucks. After I read it for the billionth time, we're going out-shide!