O.k. cuteness fans, here's a little fix for you.A few recent examples of "Thea speak:"
Pictured here is one of our breakfast favorites: eggs and "blind bread" toast. "Blind bread" is Thea's term for sourdough bread. We think it's related to the word "blank" as in plain, but we're not quite sure. Perhaps it's just that it has no eyes. . .
One day, Thea had done something . . . well, naughty. I can't even recall what it was now. And I asked her that rhetorical question all parents ask, "why would you do such a thing?!?" She sighed while shaking her head and told me, "Mommy . . .it's confilated."
When things go underwater, especially our toys in the bathtub, they are "flounding." As in, "Oh no, oh no, says Noah, I'm flounding!" It seems so appropriate, I wonder if it isn't perhaps an Old English usage we've dropped.
The Burnetts are often tigers or lions, usually a whole family of them. And we normally prowl about in a very carefree manner, disregarding such things. But one day Thea said: "After I pull my socks up, hear me roar!"
The Spirit of Christmas carries on at our house in many ways. We're still listening to the Disney princesses singing all your favorite Christmas tunes (if it weren't for Grumpy's occasional snide remarks, I don't know how long I could take it). We are also still using our winter dishes, which feat
ure the words from "The 12 days of Christmas." So, from time to time, we still sing the song. Thea's version involves "ten peppers poking."Unfortunately, as winter drags on, we all have to cope with lots of shovelling and the inevitable paraphernalia of cold and flu season. But here's a new term from Thea. You know that stuff everyone puts on their hands before eating, it's actually called "hanitizer." There--your life just got simpler.
Blessings to all,
Dawn
