As all of us sickies are sitting around watching Sesame Street this morning, I am reminded that there are many funny kid-isms from our house that I have been meaning to share with all of our friends.
How did Sesame Street remind me of this, you ask? Perfect segway into my first kid-ism.
* Yesterday as Aubrey and I are waiting to see the doctor for her sickness, she brings me over a toy. It has lots of different colored shapes and such on it. I start asking her "What color is this?" She is getting about 50% right. I point to the red ball and ask, "What color is this?" She doesn't miss a beat and says "Elmo!" Technically she isn't wrong, because Elmo is red. Maybe we could petition for a name change ;-)
* Aubrey is just now getting tall enough to hold onto the rail as she goes down the stairs. Before she could reach the handle, however, she used to grab ahold of the brackets that attach the rail to the wall. I was always so puzzled, though, because she would say "puppy" when she grabbed the bracket. Try as I might I cannot figure out how she connected a piece of bent metal with a puppy. I tried sitting down at her level and looking up at the brackets...nothing. I guess it is what it is!
* Ella is getting pretty good with her words. She is able to articulate pretty much any thought that comes into her head with great precision. Some of her words far surpass her age, but occasionally she mixes up all her big words. One day, she was trying really hard to do something and Aubrey wouldn't leave her alone. She looks over at Aubrey and says, "Aubrey, leave me alone. You are EXtracting me!" I think she meant 'DIStracting' but I just laughed and went on my way =)
* At our house, we have tried to refrain from using the word 'butt'. Something about cute little girls saying that has just always made me cringe. We call it a 'hiney' or 'bottom' and have never had an issue. Then one day, Ella comes up to me and says "My petal hurts." "Your what?" I cannot for the life of me figure out what a petal is. "Right here," she says, "my petal." Ah, her hiney cheek hurt. Again, I cannot even begin to guess how that was connected with a petal. I find it very cute and almost dainty, so I don't dare correct her.
That's all I have for today. I need to get back in the habit of writing all these things down. I love looking back and reading our little stories.
Hope that gave you a little smile!
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