Dinosaur Train

Sam gets to watch a couple of 'toons in the morning, Dinosaur Train and Sesame Street, to help him with his language development. It seems to be working...he is pretend counting/spelling things and trying new sounds. Yay!!! Mama finally isn't "Dada" any more, I'm "Baba". Sometimes he gets confused and says "Dada Baba" or vice versa but most of the time he gets it right. Last night before bed David and I went through the ABC's with him, he does try to say most of the letters which is great. But by the time we got to 'j' I was stifling laughter and by 'r' controlling it was hopeless. It's just too cute!

He's always liked dinosaurs and today he found Daddy's "Dinosaur Encyclopedia" and had a blast looking at all of the pictures. I tease him about being an Ornithomimus, according to Dr. Scott (or is it Steve?) on Dinosaur Train they were very fast and ran all the time, just like Sam. I found it in the encyclopedia and showed him. It'll be a sad day when he finally realizes that dinosaurs didn't actually ride on trains. Here is our conversation.

Sam: [Growl noise]
Baba: Here YOU are Sam, ornithomimus. They run very fast and all the time.
Sam: Toot-Toot
Baba: [laughing] Does ornithomimus ride on the Dinosaur Train?
Sam: Oh Yeah.