language funnies

So Kyle & Emily have been talking really well for some time. It's really a wonder what goes on in their head as they learn new words and process everything that is going on around them. So a few funny / interesting language items:

Spicy milk: While we were in Florida we gave them a sippy cup of milk during dinner. Kyle, who normally LOVES milk, said "milk is spicy". Now Emily has been proclaiming a lot of things spicy and just won't really eat spicy food. So we thought Kyle was just messing around with us saying the milk is spicy. Jeff responds that "the milk isn't spicy, that's silly!" But both are now insisting the milk is spicy. So Jeff says, "no, the milk isn't spicy. I'll take a sip." Now Jeff has a very discerning nose for milk as it approaches it's due date. Jeff took one sniff or maybe a small sip and was shocked. The milk was sour which the kids expressed as spicy! So for the next few days they would both tell us "no drink spicy milk" or "milk is not spicy!" It's amusing how some things are expressed.

Guapo and bellisima: So when Spike gives the kids their bath, she makes it really fun and interesting. When brushing their hair afterwards, she tells them that she will make Kyle guapo and Emily gets bellisima. I was brushing their hair the other day after a bath and told Kyle that I was going to make him guapo and I was going to make Emily bellisima. He got most upset about that. He wanted to be "gee-see-ma just like Emilily!" I tried to explain that boys get guapo and girls get bellisima but he just wasn't having it. So I tried telling him he could be bellisimo, but he insisted that he wanted to be "gee-see-ma!" And now Emily sometimes ask to be guapo! I wonder if Italian kids go through this!

Comforting words: So the kids are really nice to each other and great at comforting one another. This morning, Emily told me that her milk was spicy again! I smelled the milk and confirmed that it was not in fact spicy. I relayed that to her and then Kyle jumped in. Says Kyle, "Emilily, drink your milk. It's yummy! It's not spicy!" How sweet is that?!

New names: So I just published this post and had to come back in to add this - Emily is a few feet away looking for something. And she declares, "it's by Momilily (read: momi-lee-lee)!" They are getting so creative and extending what they already know and using it. So Kyle we often call "Kylissimo" and Emily "Emilita" and "Emillily (read: Emma-lee-lee)" and now sometimes "Emilissima" or "Emilissimo". What goes on in their brains is just amazing!!

Diapers: Grandma watched Kyle & Emily last night while we went out to a movie. Apparently Kyle's diaper got so soaked (he LOVES milk) that when Grandma stripped him down after dinner in preparation for bath time, Kyle started patting his diaper and called it "mashed potato diaper" because it was so full and squishy! I'm thinking he actually called it "mashed do-pato diaper" because that's just how he says potato. Pretty funny and where does he come up with these things?!

Also, earlier in the day, Emily made a poop in her diaper. She comes up to me and says, "change Emmie's dookies!" It was hilarious! Aunt Kristin calls poops dookies and Emily has taken a liking to it! Jeff being a "Dukie", I had to call and tell him about Emmie's new vocabulary word!