Wednesday, April 4, 2012

According to Owen and Olivia

"Hawk Chalk".  4 syllables are apparently too many, so they have shortened Rock Chalk Jayhawk to "Hawk Chalk".  Owen asks to wear his Hawk Chalk shirt all the time!

"Coffee".  We must drink too much of it.  Owen drives his matchbox cars through the imaginary Starbucks drive thru.  He tells us who is driving the car, and that they are getting coffee.  i.e. "Papa.  Coffee.  Bye bye! Vrooooom"

Counting.  Olivia counts to 3 before she slides or jumps.  Sometimes, she gets the numbers right, and sometimes she counts "two - three - two - go!" 


"Two".  Since we've been practicing their response to "How old will you be on your birthday?", they now think everyone is "2".  So, happy 2nd birthday to Papa and Aunt Kelsey last week.  This reminds me of when Lola was this age, and I was pregnant with the twins.  She associated "2" with "2 babies", so whenever she was asked how old she was going to be, she would say "2 Babies!"

"Licious".  Short for Pinkalicious.  Basically the only book we read at bedtime these days. 


"Baby" Dolls.  Finally, they have discovered baby dolls and want to take care of them.  Olivia loves putting her baby in her bed, covering her up, and saying "Night Night".  And they love carrying the babies around in their Easter baskets. 

"Noodles" and "Rice". The only responses given when asked "What did you have for dinner?" or "What do you want for dinner?"


"Broccoli".  One of Olivia's favorite foods and favorite words. 

"Chocolate".  Remember when I posted that I gave them chocolate frosting and graham crackers?  Or maybe I forgot to post that?  Well, big mistake.  Olivia now asks for chocolate at every snack.  I've at least switched her to Nutella after I fell for the healthy description on the commercials.  Now I've hidden the Nutella and the frosting so as not to provide a constant reminder of chocolate. 


"Cues Clues".  Their version of Blues Clues - their new favorite show.  Shockingly, Blues Clues has now surpassed The Fresh Beat Band as the most requested in our house.  Especially once they discovered the Alphabet Train episode. 

2 comments:

  1. These are awesome! I secretly love it when little ones can't pronounce words!

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  2. ALPHABET TRAIN! That song gets stuck in my head way too easily...I'll never forget, no I'll never forget the alphabet!

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