"Ewoks eat berries they find"

We signed Guillermo up to participate in a language study at UNC. He hasn't participated in any studies since he did one at UT when he was really young, but I thought this one might be fun, and more importantly, give us something different to do for a few mornings in September.  

The study ended up being a lot of fun. He played games and told stories and ate snacks and drank from juice boxes and seemed to love every minute of it. While he was in the testing room, Maya and I sat in a small room filled with toys and books. At the end of each of the three sessions, Guillermo would show up in that room full of energy and incredibly happy. He had a great time. 

As part of the study, we received a speech and language assessment. Guillermo's language skills were great, the review found, but what made us laugh were some of the quotes from Guillermo the researchers chose to highlight. Here are a few. (We didn't have any context either).

"I thought you said 'pitcher' like in a baseball!"

"Ewoks eat berries they find."

"Hey, that parachute doesn't have a human on it. It has a box!"

"Hmm, that might be a king penguin ... although it's a little big."

And, the report said that Guillermo helped clarify situations when the examiner didn't understand by saying "Okay, one more time ...."

His kindergarten teacher is going to love him.