Showing posts with label milestones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milestones. Show all posts

Monday, May 30, 2011

Our Vocabulary

Below is a compendium of my favorite words my children have reinvented:

 
The Boy
egg diving = coloring eggs, using done around Easter time
elmo = pseudonym for toy, especially a red and white walking toy and a red and blue riding car
ice tream =  nice cool treat
pobo stick = a toy used for hopping around
floward = not in reverse (the boy still says this now!)
moak = white liquid that comes from mommies and cows

first "official" word = agua (water in Spanish)



 
The Girl, aka Perry the Platypus
Ainan = her older brother
gasoline = chemical used in a pool to kill germs
nuddix = chunks of chicken (or fish) covered with a breaded batter, sometimes fried or baked
tete = leche, spanish for milk
yodurt = curdled milk

first "official" word = Tada! (alright, so maybe it's not a word, but it was her first use of context)


 
Biscuit
agia = water, derived from Spanish agua
Booby = cartoon dog that travels with psychedelic group of kid detectives
da-dee-day! = yellow school bus, may have originated from an attempt to say, "there it is!"
flies = fried potatoes, usually served at McOnas or Ick Fiyay
gata = shortened form of "galleta" (Spanish for cracker)
i.e. = ice cream, not to be confused with the study of Operations Management or Human Factors Engineering
nine! = (increased emphasis) possessive noun, not to be confused with the German word for no
nana = food, used often in combination with nine!
Obamas = comfy clothes you wear at night
queue me = what you say after you burp
tank you = using his manners
Toody = famous rag doll toy that says, "There's a snake in my boot!"
Yaya = his sister


first word = "Doggy!" (In Biscuitese, Doggy is actually ANY four footed animal...)

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Our Christmas 2010 Memories

Naked potty training..... Saltines.... Two trips to Patient First... The poor boy dry heaving every hour :(. Twittering... Melted fake thin mints..... Making truffles... The lunar eclipse... Abuela Mati visits... We all camp out at home except for my jaunts to the stores and doctor... Sturgeon Train Garden with the Witts... Getting our Christmas tree and "family portrait"... Operation Cookie Drop.. A new primary doctor??  Raccoon eyes...  Another one down for the count...  passing the "bowl"... Biscuit tosses his cookies...  Zhu zhu pets and Mario Galaxy... sandwiches for Christmas dinner...  Late Christmas Cards and a salvaged visit to see family for New Year's instead.  Whew....