dance ... on the floor

This morning — well, more like noon — I stood Benjamin on my lap and helped him dance to Paul Simon's "Graceland." He smiled and laughed and said "dant" a bunch of times. Nathalie pointed out that he was saying "dance" with an American accent. So I guess that's a word he associates with his papa.

Then at lunch this afternoon, Benjamin started saying "pah teh" over and over. Nathalie realized he was saying par terre ("on the floor") about all the bits of food he drops from his high chair onto the kitchen floor. So that's a word he associates with his mother — the one who does all the feeding.

I've added these new terms to Benjamin's vocabulary list, which now stands at 15 words.

- papa