I TUTE!!!

This last week we had our church's annual No Limits conference. I help in the hospitality suite and had Julia with me one morning. She was hungry and asked me for a donut. She was very insistent that it be a SHOCK-YIT (chocolate) donut. Wanting her to have something healthy I also put a strawberry on her plate. Please keep in mind that the strawberries were right out of the fridge.

Julia was going to town on her donut when I offered her the strawberry. She bit into it and then said:

"Mom! No! I SHOCK-YIT!!"

Being the pushover I am I gave her another bite of donut and then offered her the strawberry again. She bit down and then pulled away and said:

"No, mom! Berry code!!" (berry is cold)

The neat thing about this is that Julia was able to communicate what she wanted AND tell me WHY she DIDN'T want something. YAY, Julia!

While we were sitting there some people came in and were making over Julia...complimenting her on her dress, hair, etc. After listening to them for a minute or so Julia looked at me with a knowing look and said "I tute!" (I'm cute!)

We all laughed...but inside I was amazed that she could translate their compliments into a positive comment about herself. Distill them down, if you will, and express to me the essence of what was being said. YAY again, Julia!!!

Oh...and she did eat the whole strawberry...after it warmed up!