Purple...

Sam is now two, where did that time go? Like everything these days it seems to be flying by.  His words are coming along, day by day they are getting clearer and clearer and I don't need to translate as many of his sentences to others anymore.  I noticed the other kids are getting better and better at translating what he is saying too.
Anyway, lately he has taken to saying in his own little way, "I want purple, I want purple.". This can be for anything his heart desires at that point in time, usually something that someone else has already.

• It can refer to the snack that Libby might be munching away on.
• The orange cup that someone else is drinking from.
• The blue pen that Zac is writing with.

You name it, if someone else has it and Sam would like it, "I want purple" comes out of his mouth with a slightly whiney tone and a desperate look on his face.

In case you missed the memo, there is someone else in this house who is actually obsessed with the colour purple... You guessed it, Libby.  She has always preferred orange or purple as a colour and these days purple wins out more often than not. We have pointed out to her Sam's apparent need to "want purple", is him imitating her and he hasn't yet worked out that purple refers to a colour.  Boy when he does life will get interesting. There are two very strong personalities at play there.

It might be hard to see, Libby displaying her preference for purple at Rugby.