Kid talk

There are so many funny things being said right now by our two children that it's hard to keep track of them all. I'll try to jot a few of them down.

1) "The hotter." This is the name Jacob has given to the meal thermos I bought for his bagged lunches at Carriage House. The truth is it's not exactly a thermos---it's a container designed to keep food (as opposed to beverages) hot for a few hours before lunch. So, really, I think calling it the "hotter" isn't too off the mark.

2) Chest. This is what Jacob calls the game of chess. I know he'll get it right eventually, but it cracks me up. He also calls a cliff a "clift." I don't know where that "t" comes from.

3) Casey has an odd habit of reversing word order in a two word phrase. So for a while she called toilet paper "paper toilet." She called her new night gown a "gown night." I'm trying to think of other examples, but for now I can't.

4) Casey likes the Eagles of Death Metal song called "Cherry Cola." At our family meeting tonight we all went around said what we wanted more of. Casey said she wanted more music in the car, and especially "Ch Ch Ch Ch Cola." It was very cute.

5) When Jacob was 3 years old and we were living in Nashville we got a vacation rental on the river in Chattanooga. Grandma Gregson taught Jacob how to fish, and she also bought him a bathing suit on that trip. As a result, Jacob started to confuse "bathing suit" with "bait." He still calls his bathing suit his "bait," and his use of the word is so persistent that even Casey will sometimes call her swim suit a "bait." It still cracks me up!

6) I got the kids Pez toys when we were in Seattle to use as travel toys. Casey got one in the shape of a Princess. She started calling it her "Princess Pezzer." I hear from Brenda that the name caught on, and that now Zarni is calling his Pez toy a "Pezzer." Go Casey!

7) When we were on Cape Cod we showed Casey some lobsters in a lobster tank at a fish store. Casey began to get very afraid that she might step on a lobster when we were walking in the ocean. When we were on a nature walk sponsored by a Cape Cod kid's nature museum Casey asked me: "Mom, am I going to find a lobster under a rock?"