Animal Sound Hilarity

It's the little things that Sebastian does, these days, that are often the most hilarious. Lately, he's into animal sounds. His favorites are "cock-a-doodle-doo" (which just sounds like "coo-cuh-coo-coo") and "moo." He's been doing "quack" for ages, but the others are more recent acquisitions.

But what is Sebastian's take on what dogs say? "Shh!" Hahahahahaha! The first time he did this I nearly fell off my chair. Of course our dogs are pretty quiet in general, and don't really bark like other dogs do. Sometimes they "Rrrrooo" when they see something outside or when Gandalf bugginig us for food, but not a lot of barking. So when the dogs do start making noise, we usually tell them to "shhh." Sebastian loves helping us order the dogs around, so he "shh"s too.

And apparently, this has generalized. When you ask him, "Sebastian, what does a dog say?" or "What does Gandalf say?" he puts his finger up by his lips and says "Shhh!" No matter how much we try to convince him that dogs say "woof," or "roo," he's not having it. I think he's doing it now just because it's funny, because after he says it, he breaks out into a huge grin and says, "ha ha ha!" He's such a goof. I'm glad he has such a fun sense of humor. I love this kid!