Friday, November 16, 2007

Where did that come from?


this is something that we say often. things come out of bean's mouth and we look at each other and say, "where did that come from?!" there could be a huge list of funny things she says or mispronounces but sadly sometimes i forget them within seconds of hearing them. here are some fun examples of things she says!
example 1:
daddy is sitting on the couch eating tortilla chips. bean says, "daddy, i have a chip please." he says "sure" and hands her one. she says "oh! a crocodile chip! i love crocodile chips!" and happily munches away.
what?!?!?! what is a "crocodile chip"??? we don't know but if she sees you eating tortilla chips she will ask you for a "crocodile chip". hmmmmm.
example 2:
the word is "exhibit" but she can't say it. the bean and i were at the zoo this week and i told her the orangutans were not in there exhibit. so now she asks about the animals "zibits". "is the tiger in his 'zibit'?" "if he isn't in the 'zibit' whered he go?"
example 3:
bean is pretty polite for her age. she says please and thank you most of the time. about 3 days ago something new started though. when i do something for her she will say "thanks handy helper!" i was down right confused for about an hour. then it came to me, bean is a religious watcher of the mickey mouse club house. the hand that opens the door (among other tasks) in the club house is called the "handy helper". it seems that i have become bean's "handy helper". ;)

lastly we will discuss sprout's name. my 4 year old niece has decided that sprout is a boy. bean has decided that sprout is a girl. bean declared on tuesday that we should name the baby "lucy". wow! that is a real name... but where did she get it from?? my niece says "no, lucy is a girls name!" i said, "well, what do we name the baby if it is a boy?" she says "i don't know." and bean turns and says, "maybe charlie brown... or snoopy!" oh yes, she said she wanted to name the baby snoopy! so i thought, well, she must have gotten all 3 names from her snoopy and the red baron story book. then we got in the car to drive home. i turned on her cd. the second song to play was "spin again"- her favorite! the words go like this: there was a girl named lucy finagan.... now, i'm SURE that is where lucy came from.
now, when it comes to seriously naming this child... we've got NOTHING. my husband is so wanting to name it penelope laine if it is a girl so she can be... penny laine! (my response was NO) he wants brody vegas for a boy! (also a giant NO from me) sadly, i've really got nothing that i LOVE this time around.... anybody got any great name suggestions?? maybe you can come up with something we haven't thought of yet.....

4 comments:

Brittany said...

I like the name Brody... but Brody Vegas? Oh dear. Your hubby is a hoot.

Christina said...

We say the same thing all the time "Where did THAT come from? Where did she learn THAT?!" LOL
crocodile chips and handy helpers...that kids is a hoot.
My hubby was full of bizarre suggestions for Nadia's name...in fact, the name we chose was the *only* one we could both agree on! Good luck finding the perfect name!

Laura McIntyre said...

Bean is so cute and funny, no help on the names its such a hard choice.

Arizaphale said...

We have a French friend named Raphael who gets called Raff...I always loved that..then there were boys at BAs school called Jethro, Oscar, Gabriel, Shae, Fraser, Turner and Milo...Oh and another one here has a boy called Bede as in The Venerable..
Girls....I always wanted an Adelaide, or names that I considered for the BA were Remy, Claudia and Harriet (Harri). I also came across a scottish name Clytie which means beloved daughter and quite liked that but Mum talked me out of it. I LOVE thinking of names but I must admit I tend to the weird and wonderful. Mind you everyone loves the BAs name...shall I tell you what it is? ssssshhhhhh think of the Egyptian queen......:-D