It's always disconcerting to hear your words (complete with inflection and hand gestures) coming out of your toddler's mouth. There's quite a lot of this sort of thing going on here at the moment:

"Mom, think about what you're doing!"

"I TOLD ya!"

"Why would anyone do that??"

And the most cringeworthy: "Don't even think about it!"

But then there are those comments that make you simply glow rather than cringe. This morning Peter and Audrey were playing on our bed together. I warned him to watch out for Audrey, saying "Babies don't like to get squashed!" After a pause, Peter said, smiling, "No ... but squashes do!"

Gratuitous pic. "Audrey's after my apple!!"