Vocabulary

Luke has been catching us off guard lately. As most of you well know, he took his sweet time before speaking. At two and a half he was still grunting and pointing for what he wanted. His only word was "Mam." We were told by the speech therapist that with children's growth around age three, their brains grow rapidly and generally their speech improves as a result. This held true for Luke. This is what he surprised us with lately.

Upon entering his grandmother's home where a room had been painted that day he said, "Mom, it smells interesting in here."

After clearing his throat he pointed to it and said, "Mom, I have an injury."

"You have an injury?" I replied.

"Ya, an injury. Here," he said pointing again to his throat.

At school, Miss Nicole called on him to go to the letter wall to find the first letter of his name. 

He pointed to it and said, "L." 

"L is for what?" Miss Nicole asked.

Luke just looked at her pondering his reply.

"L is for Luke," she said. 

Then Luke finally responded. 

"L is for Luke Benjamin actually."