Often in his talking, he shows that he is grasping other concepts we are trying to teach---like our taking away things that he is being too rough with. However, apparently, he also thinks we take away things without giving him warnings first.
One of Little Man's favorite toys is a rocking horse. While he is riding, he likes to be a cowboy with his horsy hat. The other day, I couldn't find his horsy hat when he asked for it. I asked him "Where is your horsy hat?" His rather decided reply was, "Dad take away Babe's hat!"
I couldn't think of any reason that Jake might have taken away Little Man's hat, but I also couldn't find the hat. So when Jake came home from work, I asked him about it. He told me he couldn't think of a reason Little Man would accuse him of such a thing.
Apparently, Little Man also remembered thinking that Dad had taken away his hat when Jake came home. While Jake was changing him, Little Man told Jake, "Dad take away Babe's hat!" We got a chuckle out of the fact that the longest sentence we can remember Little Man saying was making accusations about Daddy.
A few minutes later, Jake came down the hall carrying the hat proclaiming he had been falsely accused.
I teased him back that since he had produced the hat, it was closer to evidence that Little Man's accusations had been true. But Little Man had his hat back and happily went off to ride the horsy again.
Shortly thereafter, we took a car ride in which Little Man was still wearing his beloved horsy hat. Unfortunately, it must have interfered with his view and he took it off in the car. And sadly, the hat got left in Dad's car when Little Man got out.
The following day while Jake was at work, Little Man wanted to ride his rocking horse and wear his horsy hat. But since the hat was in Jake's car, he couldn't wear it. Little Man told me again "Dad take away Babe's hat!" And this time he was correct--even if Dad had done it accidentally ;)
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