It's on the Tip of his Tongue

I was trying to get Little Guy to say "Happy Valentine's Day" yesterday, but all he could come up with was "Hap'pe! Tine". G was speaking in paragraphs at this age, so it is a mite difficult for me when he can't get his message across clearly. Happily, he has mastered "Yesh" and "No!" so we often play twenty questions to figure out exaclty what he wants and avoid a tantrum.

LG: "ite"

Me: "Ite? You want a vitamin?"

LG: "No! Iiiiite"

Me: "You want to play with G's kite? You know she'll get upset if you break it."

LG (pointing): "NO!! Iiiite. Andy."

Me:"Oooh! You want a bite of candy!"

LG: "Yesh"