My son the songwriter

WARNING: This blog post contains adult language spoken by a toddler.

Teagan learned a few choice words and had to learn (the hard way) that these words get him in trouble. He now knows they are "naughty words" and he has to sit in time-out if he says one. This proved effective and he has curbed his swearing habit. (Now if we could only get his daddy to do the same!) 

Teagan is also quite musical. Let's be honest here, he's got a lot of the Young blood in him. He was bound to be musical. So, how well does his musical nature and use of naughty words combine? That's exactly what I found out recently. 

We were driving in the car and Darryl and I were deep in conversation and Teagan was in the back seat singing to himself. He sings to himself a lot. No bid deal, right? Wrong. I pause when I notice him singing something I don't recognize. Teagan didn't realize I was listening of coarse, and I hear him sing as sweetly as he can sing:

Naughty words naughty words,

I like naughty words la la la

Shit Damn it Shit Damn it

la la la la la Naughty words

Imagine my surprise. Since he didn't realize I wasn't listening, I didn't draw attention to the song and luckily it didn't continue. I was able to hold my composure and not even laugh. That was a miracle. Thankfully, this was a one-time performance and I haven't heard the song or the naughty words since. 

Totally amazing

Teagan has been talking up a storm lately! He is such a funny little guy. My mom and I were shopping for my birthday and Teagan wanted to run around a little bit so I told him he could and I would follow him. He ran straight up to a toy display of construction trucks, towing trucks and just about any kind of truck. He stops and I had to pick up his jaw off the floor. He said, "Mom! Look! It's totally amazing! There's a garbage truck, and this one is a cement mixer, and this one is a tow truck, and there's a truck with logs on the back! I'm so excited! It's totally amazing! It's really amazing! Let's go show Diya!" 

He brought back his grandma Diya and repeated everything. He pointed out all the different kinds of trucks and kept saying it was "totally amazing." Now what Grandma could resist that? She said, "Teagan, if it's totally amazing, I better buy you one." He was ecstatic. He thought through his decision quite thoroughly, changing his mind quite often. He would hand her a truck and say, "I like this one." Then he would say, "No. How about this one?" This process took about ten to fifteen minutes before he finally kept going back to the same truck and decided on that one. What a character. I wish I could express how animated he was standing there pointing out the trucks and saying how excited he was and how amazing it was. He talks with his hands and his is very animated with his facial expressions. (Do you think he gets that from his mother?) It was just too cute.