Cutest Word Ever

Who would have thought that I would say Joseph's cutest word right now is "no."

First of all, Joseph used to say in his cute little voice that "no" he wouldn't like a swat on the fanny. He doesn't really do that any more...which is too bad when I really don't want to swat him on the fanny. No excuses now. Gottat get that swat :(

Now Joseph uses the word no really appropriately, thank goodness. He'll say no if he doesn't really want the cup of water I offered him. Or he'll say no if he doesn't want to read that one book but instead wants the other one.

Here's an example from today: He was in the bathtub today while I was getting ready to get in the shower (we have a separate bath/shower divided with a half-wall and a glass partition...very nice!). I'm not really paying attention to him when he starts saying "mom...Mom....MOM....MOM!!"

"What do you want, Joseph?"

"Mom...*blab*"

Handing him the green cup on the counter: "Is this what you want?"

Pushing it away with his hand carefully: "No...fry."

"Fry?"

To interject, let me explain that there was an OLD box of fries on the counter...I obviously needed to throw them away but never did. My mistake! because he wanted one. (I did give him one finguring that potatoes from Saturday wouldn't be too bad for him.)

I love it when he says "no" in that cute little voice of his, so much that I don't mind hearing it from him for now. I'm sure this won't last much longer and I'll have to deal with really obnoxious "nos" from him. Hooray for each day that isn't like that yet.