The baby just said "camouflage" and "octagon"

Admittedly, our "baby" is now 2 and a half, but he is growing up so fast! I mean the other day he DID say these 2 words in the correct contexts. I suppose when one is the baby of 5 he learns things much earlier than the other kids in the family. He has older brothers, almost 12 and 10 yrs old, who talk constantly, and therefore are inadvertently "teaching" their younger siblings constantly. The trick is to keep these teachings appropriate and in the best case scenario even helpful and interesting. Unfortunately I also have heard my 2 yr old say some things I would rather him not be saying yet, which is the curse part of this "blessing and a curse" situation of being the youngest of 5. But here are a few things Charlie and his young sibling have learned from their older siblings: Tolerance: -If you can handle someone throwing a sponge ball at your head continually just so they can see how it bounces off into different directions over and over again, you will likely be just fine when a coach eventually wants to throw you 100 passes before you leave the gym. -If you can handle your older sister dressing you up like a girl just for fun, you will eventually be fine with your girlfriend or wife making you hold her purse while she tries on 10 different outfits at the mall. Toughness: -If you watch your brother trip and fall and get embarrassed and ruin the rest of his day because of it, you will learn to trip and fall and get right back up so as not to ruin the rest of your day. -If you hear your big brother telling your mom about some boys jumping on his back at PE during basketball, and you hear him decide that next time he will just "fall" on top of them and squish them, then when you are playing basketball, you will know what to do if someone jumps you. -If you get told you are "too little" over and over because you are the youngest in your family, soon you will be proving that you in fact are NOT too little by stealing the ball from your older siblings. Sense of Humor: -If you hear your siblings teasing each other at the dinner table, and now and then get teased yourself, even though you are only 2!, you learn to laugh at yourself for your own funny quirks, and you learn to be able to tolerate and even laugh when someone at school or in the workplace teases you. -If you learn big words and big concepts from listening to people who are older than you talk to each other all day, you begin to understand their jokes at a very young age. Love: -When you witness one brother standing up for another brother in a bullying situation, or you witness your 12 yr old brother still vying for his hugs from his mother, or watch your 10 yr old brother hop on his dad's lap, you are not afraid of love, you are used to it, you embrace it, and you remain comfortable with it forever. At least I sure hope so : )