Talking and drawing

Benjy speaks really well for his age (2 years and 3 months). He can now express anything he wants to, and in pretty long sentences: e.g. 'Mummy lay down on that pillow, close eyes go to sleep; Daddy lay down on that pillow, close eyes go to sleep; Benjy jump on bed, wake them up'. He corrects his pronouns if he accidentally uses 'him' rather than 'her', and he comes out with phrases which we, or his childminder, or someone else he sees a lot (or watches a lot on television....) must say, and some of them sound very funny coming from the mouth of a 2 year old: 'I'm not sure'; 'Wait a sec'; 'Of course you can'; 'Snug as a rug' (I think that one's obvious); and some what I think are very grown-up words, which he uses correctly, like 'either' and 'afterwards'. A couple more from a while ago: sometimes when I come in the house he takes my coat off me, saying it's 'reaaallly bit warm'; and he saw an aeroplane in the sky and told me it was a 'daddy aeroplane' - I only understood this a few days later when he saw an aeroplane that was much higher up, and so seemed smaller, which he told me was a 'baby aeroplane'. My current favourite word though, is as follows (requires an explanation!). Benjy thinks 'lots and lots of', is pronounced 'lotsem lotsem', and now uses that word for 'lots' as well. So for example:

Me: 'One more book before bed'

Benjy, holding up the index fingers of each hand: 'Two more'

Me: 'I said just one more'

Benjy, now holding up all ten fingers: 'Lotsem more!'

And my current favourite phrase is how he expresses that he REALLY loves something: 'I love cucumber EVER!'

Of course there are so many more but when they come constantly all day, it's hard to remember them all.

And, drawing. I don't know what is 'normal' for children his age, but he loves drawing, and regularly and consistently puts what he says he is drawing in the right place. He'll draw a circle, and if he says it's a person, usually Mummy, Daddy or Benjy, he'll painstakingly draw two eyes inside the circle, and a nose, and a smiley face, all the while talking me through what he is drawing, and arms and legs outside the circle. Sometimes the circle will be a house, and he'll draw a shape on top of it and tell me it's a roof, and some shapes inside and tell me they're windows and a door, with a handle - always a door with a handle. I'm impressed!