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Okay, have to add one more thing on this subject. DS7 is pretty small for his age and with some of his ASD/anxiety issues, his affect can come across as fairly young as well. Today, he went to go walk to his friend's house (about a block and a half away) when a concerned citizen called the police because they thought he was a lost four year old. The police officer was very friendly and DS's buddy's mom explained to her that DS was actually 7 1/2 and lived down the street. When I asked DS what he thought about it he stated "I don't understand the commotion. I was just going out for a small stroll."

My DS4 has an interesting way with words, too. I had to get a book to record some of his sentences... he is highly entertaining.

My favourites are when he says a common place word or phrase in a different, but completely correct way. It often makes us stop and think, and then say, 'My gosh, yes you could say it that way'

I found his light on at 3am. When I asked what was going on he responded, 'I had a bad dream and was afraid so I got up and turned off the dark'

He often complains when his socks are 'outside-in' or the weather is 'unsunny'

Slip these into a conversation loaded with his usual vocabulary and it elicits many smiles.

You have a poet :-)

Ds4 uses recognised instead of realised or noticed. It only just occurred to me that when he started doing it at 3 that none of those words would be usual in a 3 year old. Oh well.