Zion Speaks

Zion has a very different communication style than Elise at the same age. She was startling us with flowery phases and poetry. Zion typically uses bursts of single words, grouped together to convey his message.

For example, the other day Elise locked me in the basement. Once I was freed from the basement and back with the kids, I gave Elise a good talking to about future consequences of fiddling with the lock. In the midst of this, Zion ran up to me and said, "Elise . . . . Lock-it . . . . Trouble!" Only three words, but he sure got the message =)

Another example:
This morning at the breakfast table, we were trying to explain to Elise the concept of a person being "tough". We threw out explanations like, "durable" and "when you get hurt but don't cry a lot". Zion again summed up the concept in just a few well chosen words: "Me boom. Me better."