first words

One and a hundred

Sometimes when I want Avery to sit still somewhere for a few minutes I tell him to count to 100.  It usually buys me a few minutes to tend to Jake or whatever I need to do.  After he gets to a hundred, instead of saying one hundred and one, one hundred and two, etc.  he says one and a hundred, two and hundred, etc.

I guess 100 seems really big to him so now anytime he wants to exaggerate he uses the phrase "one and a hundred."  

This morning at the breakfast table:

Me: "Avery, are you hungry?"

Avery: "Yes, I'm really hungry, I'm ONE AND A HUNDRED hungry!"

This afternoon in the bathroom we were talking about hair - body hair, facial hair, hair on your head.  

Me: "Men have mustaches and beards, women don't."

Avery: "One time when I was in Texas I saw a gril with a beard."

Me: ???? 

Avery: "When I get big like my dad, I'm going to have beard. Do you think I can have a beard when I get big like my dad?"

Me: "Sure, honey, I'm sure you'll have a lot of hair when you get big like daddy because daddy has a lot of hair and mommy does too."

Avery: "Daddy has a lot of hair, he has ONE AND A HUNDRED hairs, here (pointing to his head), here (pointing to his body), here, here, here, etc.