Emotions and names

Tom is getting very good at emotions.  He can now name three.

For a long time I've been meaning to tell you about "Sad".  Particularly in his Thomas the Tank Engine books, but elsewhere too, if he sees a sad character he adopts a mournful expression and says Saaaad.  I can't really make that come to life more, just, well, it's cute and shouldn't be forgotten.

A little while later he got Happy.  And now he's got Grumpy.  Which is all the more amusing when he points to his sister after some spat that's involved her crying and says "Sad.......  Grumpy!".

I don't think that Cheeky is an emotion really but it's the funniest thing he says at the moment, with a big grin on his face.  Cheeky!

He is going through a naming phase at the moment - colours, everywhere we go (usually blue first, and then the actual colour).  Foods, objects, and people.  I remember our excitement one breakfast where he went round the table and named everyone, finishing with himself.  I'm sure that's a sign of recognising himself as an entity within the world, or something.  Interestingly, he called Marisca 'Giga' for a while, until he started going to Bonbons and will now call her "Marisha" for most of the week, reverting back to Giga after the weekend before being reminded at Bonbons how to say her name.  Bit strange but quite cute.