"Where are you Echo?"

Alex is supposed to be taking a nap right now, but instead of the sweet sound of silence, what do I Hear?
"Echo! Echo! ECH-O! Echo? Where are do? I no ear do!" (translation: where are you, I don't hear you).
And then, after pausing to listen for an answer, he starts up again, "Echo? Do ear me Echo?" (translation: you hear me echo?)
Then, after pausing once more, he says, "Oh, oh-tay." And then falls silent...
hmmmm what I want to know is what did Echo say? Because, clearly he answered....:)

Alex wearing the glasses Pop-pop (Grandpa Dan) found in the warm Hawaii ocean

The other day, Alex was playing outside in the sun and talking to his shadow...

"Oh, hi sadow! Wanna pay wid me?" (pausing to listen to his shadow answer)
"Oh, Oh-tay. Come ere. Come swing wid me."
(Translation: Oh, hi shadow! Do you want to play with me? Oh, OK. Come here, come swing with me.)

Eating lunch one day a couple of months ago, he kept repeating the same thing to me over and over until I finally understood what he was saying...trust me it took me like 10 or 15 minutes to figure it out. It was really important, too. :)
"Mom, Mom, eye-light ray-cue hepin' pay-pooh." Over and over and over he said this...so, what does it mean? It was a proud mom moment when it clicked in my head and I said to him, "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue, helping people?"
And he smiles all proudly back and says, "Uh-huh! (holding up his hand at me for a high-five) Awesome!"

Oh, I sure love this boy!