Saturday, June 12, 2010

stiffles and gorillas

I love watching my kids grow up, especially some of the language development. Blue, at 4 1/2, asks when he hears a word that he doesn't understand. Pink, at 2 1/2, just pronounces things the way she thinks they should sound. For instance:

stiffles: stubble + prickles = what daddy's face feels like when he hasn't shaved

gorilla: umbrella

next by me: as in, "sit next by me", which is something between "by" and "next to"

litty bitty: little bit or itty bitty, I'm not really sure, but I know it's not very much

mommymommymommy: my new name; apparently the old one wasn't getting attention quickly enough

bistic: biscuit

Pink is also working on her "s" sounds at the beginnings of words, so we either hear a lot of "SSSSS" or none at all, either of which is hilarious.

2 comments:

  1. Love the toddler words! When Evan tries to say the word the way we all say it (all boring like) we quickly correct him. I think 'stiffles' could certainly be a contender for newest addition to Webster.

    Looks like you're having a fun summer so far! Blow some summer our way, won't you?

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  2. I love this stage. I almost killed my husband when he corrected Matthew from saying Gatorwater instead of Gatoraid. I told him to NOT tell him marshmallows aren't pronounced "harshmallows".

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