BABOON BABOON BABOON!!!

Isaac has been obsessed with reading through his "First 100 Words" book the last couple of days. It has pictures of (you guessed it) 100 different things: animals, foods, common household items, etc.

The last page is a bunch of wild animals. He pointed to all of them and I'm expected to say the word and he repeats it. He pointed to a monkey and so began our conversation....

Mom: "That's a monkey."

Isaac: "Uhhh... no."

Mom: "Uh, yes. It's a monkey. A chimp actually."

Isaac: *shakes his head furiously*

Mom: "Then what is it if it's not a monkey?"

Isaac: "Bab."

Mom: "A baboon?"

Isaac: *nods* "Baboooooooo...."

Mom: "Well, a baboon is a kind of monkey you know."

Isaac: *cracks up in the middle of my sentence when "baboon" is mentioned* "Babooooooo!!!"

Mom: "Baboon! BABOON!!! BABOON!!!!"

Isaac: *cracking up uncontrollably*

...and so on and so forth. You get the idea.

I don't know what was so funny about the word baboon or, to be perfectly honest, where he even heard of a baboon in the first place! That smarty pants surprises me daily.

Anyway, he kept saying it, getting better and better each time. Now he says it right "Baboon." What a great word to add to the list. Ha! My little baboon.