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Finn is quite the talker. Sometimes it's exhausting listening to him all day, but lately he's been saying some pretty funny stuff. The thing is, I'm not always even sure that he knows the meanings of the words he uses, but he manages to use them in the proper context. So who knows. It's a good thing he makes me laugh because we haven't been outside for two days.

Anyway, here are a few that I wanted to pass along.

(In the kitchen, I was washing the food processor).

F: What THAT do?

N: Well, let's see. You put the food into this container and the blade chops the broccoli into tiny pieces.

F (thoughtfully): Ohh. That's VERY CLEVER.

["Clever" is his new favorite word. He uses it to describe things that really are clever. Such as himself, or his favorite trucks. Or his new book about tractors. Or the parts of a combine.]

Tonight he was using his pretend phone. He hung up after having a very animated call and sort of pretend laughing.

N: Who was that?

F (matter-of-factly): Enzo.

N: Oh yeah?

F: Yes, he gots new garbage trucks. And recycling trucks.

The fake phone rings again.

F: Ha! Ok, bye!

N: Who was that?

F: Massi. He has new trucks too. Now I have to call Dario.

A: You mean Uncle Dario.

One more and then I'll stop:

The other day, I was giving him a Mash-Up - his favorite thing to eat, of course, since it's basically a tablespoon of applesauce sealed into a pouch and costs like $100.

N: What kind of mash-up would you like?

F: Grape.

N: We don't have grape, but we have orange.

F: Oh, orange! That's totally awesome.

N: (Snort.)

All I can say is, I hope that our senses of humor remain intact tomorrow - a foot of snow is on the way!