I have a bad habit of putting my feet up on the coffee table. Phineas calls my suspended legs a "bridge" and loves to clamber up for a bouncing ride, or crawl underneath on his hands and knees. Some afternoons, he becomes obsessed and I field near-constant requests:
"Will you be my bridge?"
"Mommy! Put your legs up like a bridge!"
"You're a bridge!!!" <ecstatic, angelic grin>
Thing is, Phinny doesn't say the letter R. It is totally silent.
Sometimes, he goes up to people we don't really know and says, "my Mom is a bridge."
I'm dying.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha:)!
ReplyDeleteOutstanding.
ReplyDeleteYou are such a bridge! ;)
ReplyDeleteTotally adorable.
so good.
ReplyDeleteheeheeheeheehee.
ReplyDeletei was just telling mike about this...too funny!
ReplyDeletehow do you explain all this to the lady standing in line in front of you and phinny at the grocery store?
ReplyDeleteThank goodness he hasn't yet started up with TOTAL strangers. It's still awkward with friends of friends, but at least they usually don't mind hanging around for the explanation!
DeleteHettie had such perfect diction, this is a brave and hilarious new world for us. His silent R also leads to some HIGHLY disconcerting references to "frog."
That child is so freaking cute it kills me!
ReplyDeleteThe incongruity of that innocent face and the word it sounds like he's saying probably makes it all the funnier. I can't believe he's that old already. But I can believe he's that adorable. SO CUTE.
ReplyDeleteIt shocks me, too! SO big. Sigh... Miss you and Mr. Faux and his fauxy accordion skills!
DeleteI love these stories!
ReplyDeleteWhen Oliver was little and Conner was in the Army, Oliver would see anyone in their camouflage uniforms and call them Daddy. That led to some awkward moments on the NYC subway...
Oliver also got really mad at me when he was about two and a half and called me a Pitch. No idea why, but I had a really hard time not laughing...
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Cute and a talented artist! How's my....I mean, Phineas' giraffe doing? Hanging tall I hope? I love that giraffe! Mom, you are truly a bridge to all things good!
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