Baby Babbling

My father-in-law recently asked what the last "kid word" my kids said was. That got me thinking... Justin was in kindergarten and he insisted that lava was really pronounced "laba." We would tell him over and over, but he thought we were trying to trick him. We would ask any adult what the red hot stuff that comes out of volcanoes is called. They would say "lava" and he would accuse us of arraigning their answer ahead of time. This went on for a couple months. Then he started learning about volcanoes at school. He still said laba, until after school one day I asked his teacher what the red stuff is and she said "lava." He shrugged and said "oh, okay" like it was not big deal and we hadn't been talking about it for months.

Mia still says "bank you" instead of "thank you." If you talk about it in front of her she will start saying it right, so we don't talk about it. We love that she still says it that way.

Mia's New Friends

Mia went in my bathroom and said he has been talking to her spider friends. She introduced me to Inny, Tinny, and Justin. They live behind my toilet. She said they talk to her, but she can't hear them. She just knows they are talking to her. I can't bring myself to kill them. Is that weird? Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if she hadn't named one Justin. How can you squash something named after your own child? She keeps talking to them all the time. Last night we videotaped her. She introduced me to them. Justin looked dead. She said "this is Justin. He is all rolled up right now. I don't know why, but I think he has got the hang of it." I asked what they like to do and she said "they spide around in their webs." Maybe its just us, but I think she is the cutest thing ever!