It is!

I was sitting doing puzzle with Troy tonight, and he picked up a piece, pointed at a vacant spot in the puzzle, and asked me if it went there. I shook my head no, and he replied, “It is!” And then, he proceeded to try to force it into the spot he’d indicated. When it didn’t fit, he looked at me again. I again shook my head no. He exclaimed, “It is!” And kept pushing it into the spot.

In this case, he actually meant “It does.” But I’ve also heard him use this phrase correctly. For example, when he stole my wife’s pillow. I told him that it wasn’t his, and he needed to give it back to her. He replied, “It is!” This, of course, went round and round with me giving logical arguments to disprove his claim on the pillow, only to be met with the same two-word exclamation. In the end, I gave up and let my wife dispute it with him.

It’s so cute the way he says it, though. I love hearing it, even if he is being cheeky or defiant when he says it.  I love his little boy voice.