The grandboy has been in the “repeat what I say mode” – meaning that he keeps saying the same thing over and over until you repeat the last few words he’s said.<\/p>\n
And now he’s combining this with his “question mode”.<\/p>\n
“Gwumpa, gwumpa look I put a towel on my head! Look, i put a towel on my head. Gwumpa a towel on my head. GWUMPA”<\/p>\n
Me: “O look, a towel is on your head.”<\/p>\n
“Why gwumpa? Why towel on my head? WHY? Why towel on my head?”<\/p>\n
Me: “I don’t know, why is a towel on your head?”<\/p>\n
“HAHA” (and runs away)<\/p>\n
Now I’ll never know why the towel was on his head. I suspect he was just trolling me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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