i happy to see you again

Lately Jack has started using this phrase a lot. I might have just returned from the store, papa might have just returned from a day at work, or sometimes it would seem like we had gone nowhere .... regardless he looks into our eyes, often coming over to give a hug in which he really holds on, and says, "I so happy to see you again, Mama (or Papa)." The other day we got into the car to go somewhere as a family after I had just returned from a few errands and this is what Jack said to me:

"You go store, Mama? You go store?"

"Yes, I went to a few stores."

"I could not find you Mama."

"Yes, I went to the store for a little while."

"You back Mama!"

"Yes, I'm back."

"I so happy to see you again, Mama."

Now, I do not know how those words leap off of the page but let me tell you -- in person they leap right out of his mouth and to my heart, like an arrow. His command of language is growing so quickly and yet its novelty and the necessary simplicity of how he expresses himself just says it perfectly. In fact I often cannot think of a better way to say the things he says. Nor can I imagine that I often speak in such an earnest and pure way as he does. Perhaps something to aspire to ... 'cause it sure does feel good on the receiving end. Maybe more of us should express ourselves like two and a half year olds once and awhile.