In the car on the way home from school yesterday Simon opened his hand to reveal a shiny penny and said "Ta da!" He proclaimed that he was doing "Magic Tricks!" (only he had to say it several times because, until we corrected him, it sounded more like "Adge Ics!"). When asked where he learned how to do magic tricks he said "Caillou [simonese, Caillou, simonese, simonese, Caillou, simonese] Magic Show." In other words, television has taught him a viable career option.

In another conversation he mentioned something about falling and getting an owie but it wasn't until we tried to feed him something acidic that we realized the owie was his and it was on his lip. After not eating much of his dinner and then squealing when Hava washed his face, Simon declared "My mouth hurts!"

This may be the first time Simon has used "my" instead of "your" on his own in an original sentence. Instead of "help me" he first says "help you." Instead of "hug me" he says "hug you."

And when he says "hug you" what he means is "Look how adorable I am. Now pick me up because I'm feeling lazy."