Vocabulary is important, but correct pronunciation has long-time been optional.

It is difficult to remember the time when Turner did not talk. He was playing with sounds, testing out words and trying to contribute to conversations long before his feet were moving him around the house. We all have our favorite Turner pronunciations, and I thought it was about time to record them. So, I hope you'll add to the list memorable Turner colloquialisms.

Tic Tocs (Tic tacs)
Hepicopter (Helicopter)
Hoppy Poppy (Hushpuppy)
Ci Ci added Desert Newseum (Museum)

Some recent (and favorite) stories:
We are always having toilet trouble here. There is nothing wrong with the pipes in the house; it is a family ailment, I suppose, of bad pipes in our body. No need to say, then, that the plunger gets good use. Turner comes out of the bathroom, where Andy has left a surprise, and he says to me, "Mom you need to plumb that toilet." Not sure how you "forget" such a wonderful surprise, but I really don't love when Andy leaves them for us to find after he's jetted off to work.

Andy brings some cotton candy home to Turner from a special event at Chili's. Turner pops some into his mouth and says, "Mmmm. Cotton candy exhausts in your mouth." (Dissolves)

We have chocolate covered granola bars that Turner enjoys having for dessert. Most of you know, though, it is still really hot here, so chocolate covered anything equals big mess in the desert. So, we put them in the freezer before we give them to Turner. In the middle of dinner last Saturday night, he asks me if I'll put a granola bar in the freezer in prep for dessert. I throw one in the ice, and we spend about forty minutes chatting over dinner. Our usual Saturday night date (Andy works a double on Saturdays). After we finished eating and Turner had completed his chores (taking out the recycling and cleaning off dinner dishes), I retrieve the granola bar. "You think it is frozen enough yet?" He replies, "I don't know." I hand it to him. He taps it on the table and it makes a knocking sound. He smiles. I open the package, and he pushes on the chocolate. "Seems pretty stable. The granola part I mean. The chocolate part will do."