The many sayings of Libby (and grunts of Caleb)

Libby has been giving us a run for our money lately with some pretty amusing comments and questions beyond her years. I guess that's what happens when you are not quite four. Caleb isn't yet to the questioning stage (thank goodness!!!) but he also has his little funny Calebisms as he's learning to communicate in other ways than caveman grunting.

Here's a sampling of some of the funny things they have said over the past several weeks - yes, I have been keeping a list :)

"Mommy, how do the baby kittens get inside the mommy kitty's tummy when she's peggent(pregnant)?" yikes! Um, God puts them there. "But how does he put them there?" He just does. "Oh."

"Where was I before I was born?" I guess you were in heaven, Libby. "Oh. Was KK (Caleb) in heaven before he was born?"

"When is Aunty Libby going to have my little sister?" This brings up the whole cousins vs. siblings discussion, not to mention the fact that Aunty Libby might actually have a BOY. Oh my!

On a rare Sunday when I actually got to stay in bed a little later than normal. "Mommy, when are you going to get up today?" Never. "But, Mommy, you HAS to get up and eat some beckist (breakfast). If you don't eat some food, you will not grow and you will be too small for Daddy!"

While planting flowers outside: "Mommy, I saw a bee!" Bees live here outside, Libby. "Mommy, did you know that bees make honey for McDonald's?"

"How you doin', Boys?" said to Nathan, Zack, Josh and Papa while they were moving Zack's furniture.

"You and me can go hiking with shahks (sharks)!"

"Can we buy that?" Yes, we need to buy that today. Go ahead and put it in the cart, please. "Well, is it on sale?"

"Mommy, I'm full of bologna, you are full of cheese, and Caleb is full of mustard." Whenever she says something ridiculous, I tell her she is full of bologna.

While folding laundry on the living room floor: "If you don't get this laundry all folded, you know what's gonna happen?" leans forward and whispers, "I'm gonna vacuum it all up!" laughs and says, "Was that a good joke?"

"I almost fell in the potty! I almost fell to my death!"

"Yes, but. . . . " said after any directions or instructions or corrections given in the past two weeks. Ahhhh!!!!

"That makes my legs all nervous and tickle-y!" after being startled by a speeding motorcycle zooming by our car on the highway.

"Someday, I'm going to grow up to a mommy and make YOU go to bed!"


And here's Caleb's version of speaking lately.

"Mammie" Mandie
"Meap" Meat
"Pooooooooop!!!" Poop
"Ewwww!" yuck - usually said in the context of the above topic
"Pea" Please
"Ah-bee" Obey
"Dae-eee" Daddy
"Mama" or Mum" Mommy
"Ah-Pee" our neighbor Mr. Pete
"Ah-PEE!" motorcycle (Pete has a motorcycle and Caleb is infatuated)
"Me-ah" Come here
"Teeeeee" I would like to brush my teeth
"Dih-doo" Thank you
"Key-key" kitty
"Lellow" Love you
"Ni-Ni" Good night
"Tah-Tay" Caleb (KK)
"Meeeee" "My" That is private property!
"Go, cah" Let's go for a drive.
"Biiiiii" Bike
"Nannie" Nana
"Ah-tah! Ah-tah!" anything else that Caleb would like to say and doesn't know or can't pronounce.