Ok, that title may be a little deceiving. Sacha cannot read actual words, per se. What he can do, however, is pick out, with his keen observational skills and his ridiculous omniscience, a variety of logos and locate every object in the house (or city) that has the same logo, even if Col. Mustard or I have never noticed these before.
I present to you The Dictionary of Sacha-ese. Please note that these items are not in any sort of alphabetical order, nor order of importance in his mind.

This one means “Bob the Builder” and “Thomas the Tank Engine”.
This one is fairly obvious, right?
This one means “the place where we go to get Thomas videos, and MUST continue to obtain Thomas videos at every possible occasion.”
This one means “eating, timbits, coffee, Mmmm.”
This one means “the place where we buy bananas.” Yes, they sell bananas, but they also have very narrow aisles and really cramped self-bagging quarters, which are not to my liking. But we buy bananas there.
This one means “Maman and Sacha’s car.” Not to be confused with Daddy’s car, which is a Kia Rio. Not that there is anything wrong with Kias. But I love my Prius. Sacha loves his Prius. He points to it and declares that it is HIS car. I then remind him that it is OUR car. I don’t think he buys it.
This one means “the place where we go buy toilet paper.” I have no idea why he thinks we buy toilet paper at A&P. I don’t even really like shopping there, since their shelves are poorly stocked and the prices aren’t that great. Although, on second thought, this association may be due to the fact that he saw me use a plastic A&P bag as a garbage bag in our bathroom. And the garbage is located beneath the toilet paper roll.
This one means “the place where Maman bought her new vacuum.” Which apparently only Maman uses. Not to be confused with Daddy ever vacuuming. Or cleaning in general. In Sacha’s eyes, only Maman cleans. Not only that, it is what I spend most of my day doing. Except when I am on the toilet: while on a little shopping trip to Home Depot with his Daddy, Sacha pointed to every toilet and declared “Mama!”. But that’s a whole other issue I may have to take up with him at a later date.
This one means “everything in our bathroom, especially cough drops and generic antacids which Maman must consume every day.”
This one means “vacuum, fridge, waffle maker, blender, play kitchen, and hot sauce.” Not too sure how the hot sauce has come to be labeled as Kenmore, but then again, I do NOT spend all of my time vacuuming or on the toilet. Seriously, I don’t. Ask my husband. Wait, don’t.
Aren’t you impressed? I know I am.















HA! Kenmore and hot sauce. That’s awesome!
Bubba pulled out Ty-man’s Ferrari book, pointed to a silver Ferrari (same color as Ty-man’s Acura) and stated, “Papa’s tar!”
If only…
By: Coal Miner's Granddaughter on April 14, 2008
at 8:47 pm
I’m loving the toilet one!!!
By: Krista on April 15, 2008
at 12:22 am
If it’s not reading, it’s really close.
By: bev on April 15, 2008
at 9:31 pm
Hmm, now I feel all inadequate as Elliot only recognized the DQ and Boston Pizza symbols at that age. Must purchase flashcards…now.
By: andi on April 16, 2008
at 12:17 pm
Hmm, now I feel all inadequate as Elliot only recognized the DQ and Boston Pizza symbols at that age. Must purchase flashcards…now.
By: andi on April 16, 2008
at 12:18 pm
My kids could spot the Golden Arches and the KFC signs before they turned two.
I was such an awesome mom.
LOL.
By: Redneck Mommy on April 16, 2008
at 1:00 pm
Love it!
By: Kara on April 17, 2008
at 12:26 pm
I’ll never forget the day that CJ picked out the “Chuckie Cheese” sign as we flew down the highway. We’d never BEEN to Chuckie Cheese but he must’ve seen it advertised on TV. That was the day that I knew I was doomed.
By: bananas on April 19, 2008
at 9:19 pm