I can’t decide if my life has disintegrated or if it is being enriched. Life with two small children underfoot can do that to you. On one hand, every little thing is a miracle: a new word, a new gesture, a smile. On the other hand…
On the other hand, there are very busy little hands.
Zephan is a very busy little boy who is experiencing a sudden growth spurt in intellect. Words and meanings are suddenly coming together. He is developing motor skills. His newest word is “color” and he is learning to identify the colors.
Geen, Bleu (pronounced with a marked French accent), lell- lo, bow, back, roinge, red. (Purpur is missing. I just purchased these crayons last night and purpur has already taken off on an adventure.)
Arwen loves how Zephan says lell-lo.
I adored how she said it when she was little: “yehyo.”
Zephan is a tad bit obsessed with “color.” He can drive an adult to distraction. “Color. Color. Color.” All the while, he is pushing scraps of paper or coloring books under your nose and holding out a fist full of crayons.
“No, you color.”
“Color.” He wants you to color with him. Everyone hold a crayon.
He’s a very expressive colorer. He goes for the whole color approach: one color, but fill the page with bold strokes. Or a color in each hand and fill the page.
He’s driving us all nuts with his new obsession.
Stark raving nuts!
(OK, the last photo has nothing to do with Zephan or crayons, but it the funniest photo I have of my other grandson, the one who lives far away. I just love this photo. I just love that baby.)
Jaci Dawn 
That is so cute! Taliesin loved drawing and coloring at that age, too. Only his thing was markers. He was constantly covered from head to toe in markers.
I love kids’ ways of saying new things. Does Zephan have a favorite color yet? Purpur perhaps?
Kandy