Let's Get Literal

Words Anna thinks are completely hilarious:

• nutcracker
• but-tocks
• lah-goooooooon (think Gilligan's island).

I mean, she will just lose it when she hears these. When Jenny used the word "buttocks" I almost thought Anna was going to require oxygen. I guess I should be thankful: at least we're not yet into "pee", "poo", and "fart"-induced bouts of hilarity.

She also has very interesting pronounciations of some words: she is very interested in what language people speak, and she tells everyone that she speaks "Ang-lish". To hear her say "lagoon" is also a treat.

But by far the cutest thing is to hear her use the word "encouragement". The context is priceless. Jack will be trying to do something and she'll say "We need to give him some encouragement!" (emphasis and shouting on the last syllable of the word, of course).

She is also heavy into making a up words & randomly using them to label everyday items. Too many to even begin to list. Well: ok, I happen to remember one. This afternoon she seamlessly used the word(?) "trodge" in a sentence to refer to my jewlery box.

And she keeps calling her brother "Timmy" for some reason.

And here is something I did not know until I had to put Jack 'in the pen' yesterday and Anna passed on some knowledge:

the Spanish word for time-out is mag-noos-in.

I can't wait to go to Majorca and try that one out.

Ok ok ok ok: I just can't wait to go to Majorca.
Ok: even Atlantic City would do. The Tropicana, anyone?