No!

So, Joseph has started using that famous toddler word, "NO!", quite liberally right now.

What's funny is that he uses it in two very different ways. The first use is traditional; that is, he says "NO!" when he doesn't want to do something.

But the second is when he DOES want to do something, but knows that we'll say no. For instance, he'll drop food on the floor while looking at us and shaking his head and saying "NO! NO!"

Also, my favorite use of this breed of "No" was last night. We were moving (yuck) and so the front door was open for long periods of time while Todd and some stalwart ward members were moving furniture. Whenever the door was open Joseph would try to run outside but everytime he got close I would say, "No."

So then he spent a considerable period of time going near the door, pointing outside, and saying, "No! No! No!," quite despairingly. Eventually, of course, he would give into temptation and make a mad dash.

Funny boy. We need to teach him "Yes."