Get This Crotch On

I wonder when my children will be old enough that the things they say don't crack me up anymore. Maybe that never happens and our kids will always make us laugh and smile with the things they say ... at least I'd like to think that.

I was thinking about all the funny things my kids say, or words they say in place of the real words. I get a smile on my face just thinking about some of the goofy things my kids have said.

Bella sometimes seems infatuated with the word "crotch". I'm not sure exactly when she heard that word, since I'm not one to use the word crotch in my everyday conversation. Somehow though she heard the word and it's stuck ... for better or worse.

1. Bella handed me a barbie doll and asked me to get her crotch on. "Get her what on?" "Mom, can you get this crotch on?" as she points to the doll's shoe. "Bella, do you mean her shoe?" "Oh ... yeah." "Why did you call it a crotch?" She giggles nervously ... "I don't know!"


2. My mom called the other night to tell me how she twisted her ankle. When I got off the phone the kids were asking me what I had talked to Grandma about. I told them that she had twisted her ankle. Kadin asked if she could walk ... "yes, she can walk, she just has a limp." "Is she using crotches?" asks Bella. Kadin & I cracked up ... "They aren't called crotches Bella! They're called crutches!!!" Kadin is always so quick to correct his sister.


3. The other night I was trying to get Bella ready for bed. I was telling her that she needed to go potty before she went to bed. She turned to me and said ... "you have a hairy crotch mom." and she pointed to her vagina area. "Umm ... yes, I suppose I do." I didn't really know much else to say ... at least she used the word right this time ...

Our old pediatrician was named Dr McIntee. Bella only saw him a few times when she was really little so she has no memory of him. She has however, heard me talk about him and so when she tried to say him name it came out as Dr Mac 'n Cheese. Add that to the fact that maccaroni and cheese is seriously her favorite meal and I cracked up laughing.

Her current speech struggle is the word cash register. She cannot say register to save her life. Every time we are in a store together, we make Bella say the words "cash register". "Hey Bella ... where to we go to pay for our stuff?" "The cash regiger." Too funny ...