This morning as E was getting dressed he turned and said to me
Mommy, I liked going to the library to see the missing addition.
The what? What the heck is missing addition? When did we go to a math thing at the library? And why exactly is the addition missing?
Then it dawned on me. Missing addition = magician. We went to see a magician last week. Of course, it seems so simple now.
I know that some day I won’t be translating his words anymore, that he will be speaking perfectly on his own. And I tell you, I’m going to miss it. E has had some whoppers of mispronunciation. Dearest and I still giggle at the two months it took up to solve boat king. What is a boat king? Why, a remote control of course. How about when everything with wheels was a vroom-vroom, even baby strollers and skateboards. And there was that first year of talking when everything was said twice. “dogdog” “eateat” “lovelove” “goodgood”
I’m going to miss those silly, strange words.
Luckily I have a second kid to pick up the torch of unusual baby talk. That is, if he ever starts talking.
children, 
life, 
funny, 
talking
June 23rd, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I thought the missing addition told really cheesy jokes, myself.
Ya’ know what’s funny? When your kids stop using their fun words, Mom and Dad still walk around talking like that for a year or two! One day your kid has to look at you funny to snap you out of it! ha! We can’t help it - we’re living in denial that they’re growing up.
June 23rd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
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June 23rd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
And I thought they were pitching toddlers for the new wing to the library in your town . . .
June 24th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
hehe thats cute. when i first read it, i thought “they took an addition off?” xD
June 25th, 2007 at 2:45 am
At our house, when something is too scary, our Miss Two declares it “too crunchy”. I finally figured out that she is afraid of a cartoon commercial where the characters have very large teeth.
(maybe they could “crunch” you?)
Now we need to decipher why she doesn’t like breakfast sausage.
She says it is “too squared”.
June 25th, 2007 at 2:54 am
LOL! You should write these down somewhere. He’ll really appreciate it when he’s grown.
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