Miles got out of bed this morning and realized he had left a couple of important things behind.  We had to make a run back to the bedroom to get them.

M:  Need purple cow.

A:  Okay, we can get your purple cow.

M:  And paprika.

A:  Right.  Paprika.

And, lo and behold, there was a little jar of paprika on the bedside table, which Miles grabbed and brought to the living room.

Miles has a little trouble figuring out when to use you versus I versus me.  Denny keeps trying to explain it to him, but it’s actually very difficult to articulate, much less make clear to a two-year-old.  Anyway, Miles has been practicing and really improving.

A:  I love you.

M:  I love (pausing to think)…me!

A:  (laughing) I’m glad you love yourself, sweetie.  That’s very important.

M:  (shaking his head) I love Mommy.

Around the end of February, we got a new treadmill, and a guy from the store came to our house to set it up.  Last night, we were hanging out downstairs, and Miles got to thinking about it.

—

M (looking at treadmill):  Guy come help.

A:  Yeah, a guy came and helped us with our treadmill, didn’t he?

M:  Guy name called Kyle.

A:  (puzzled look)  That does sound right, actually.

—

I asked Denny about it later, and yes, the guy’s name was in fact Kyle.  I don’t think we’d mentioned that since February when he was out our house.

We were having dinner tonight at The Bluebird Diner, a relative newcomer to Iowa City.  Miles really enjoyed his pasta, but he couldn’t finish it, so we got a box to take it home.  It was one of those styrofoam clamshell jobs.  He watched as I opened it up, put his food inside, and closed it.

M:  Look like laptop.

Miles and his nanny, Beanie, were playing downstairs the other day.  They heard a beep-beep-beep that they couldn’t identify.  I wonder if our radon detector needs new batteries.

B:  Miles, what made that noise?

M:  Little green men.

As reported by Beanie:

M:  The big blue sky is blue. Is big. Up. Miles on grass no Miles in sky.

We were on the couch, talking about how since tomorrow is Sunday, Mommy and Daddy don’t have to go to work.

—

M:  Mommy go work, Daddy go work, Miles go work.

A:  You go to work?

M:  Yeah.

A:  Where do you work?

M:  (pause) Swimming pool.