(Here are shots of Sam at our house. In the top one, she's filthy dirty because I let her play in our creek in just underwear. In the bottom one, she's in the creek -- yet again -- trying to ruin as many of her clothes as possible.)
All right, all right, all right, Sam's not just annoying right now. She's been cracking me up lately, too. Here are two quick examples:
1. Sam went with my mom to visit my grandma last weekend in the nursing home where she lives. They took my Grammy for a walk -- which means Sam walked and my mom pushed Grammy, who's 94, in her wheelchair -- outside.
As they came back in, they went through a lobby with an elevator. Sam loves elevators.
Sam (running to the elevator): "Grammy, can we ride on the alligator?"
This is a word Sam's been messing up for weeks now, and I thought she had finally figured it out. Turns out it's a good thing she's still confused because she made two older ladies who were nearby start laughing and cooing over how cute she is. My mom said Sam definitely made their day and they probably told everybody about her and the "alligator" for days.
2. Sam loves to give my growing belly kisses and ask me how the baby's doing. She even takes pretend phone calls from her "sister," who asks how the baby is. But she's also decided that she has something growing in her tummy, too.
Usually, she tells me it's a baby duck. In the car this morning, she said, "Hey Mommy, you know what? I have a baby horsie in my belly."
Me: "Really? Wow. That sure will make your tummy grow big."
Sam: "Nah. I'm just kidding. It's really the baby duck."
Me (in my relieved voice): "Oh, whew. That's good. Is it a boy duck or a girl duck?"
Sam: "It's a boy. His name is Africa."
What is with my kid wanting to name things Africa? I swear I don't know where she heard that as a name because she hasn't had any friends named Africa. Of course, she's recently also named stuffed animals "Higher," "Black," "Gunn" and "Munn," which baffles me. So really, Africa's pretty normal.
What words have your kids mixed up that resulted in laughs? What crazy things have they named pets or toys?
Hey there. Just thought I'd share one of my kids' word confusion stories with you. I was leaving home to go get some medicine from the store. I asked my kids if they wanted to go to the the pharmacy with me. My daughter said "yes" and brought some things to do on the way. When we got to CVS I opened the van door to help her out and she said "Mommy. You know why I want to leave my books in the van?" I said, "No dear, why is that?" She replied, "I don't want any of the animals to eat the pages."