Lukie says the funniest things...
When you're 3, it's tough to say every word just right. And sometimes, you don't understand why your family laughs when you call a penguin a peanut. But probably, in that 3-year-old mind, "penguin" and "peanut" sound the same.
So do some other difficult words, like "shoop" --"shoot," and "sauce-a-ghetti"--"spaghetti." Colors can present problems as well. Don't they understand what you mean when you say "purkle, glack, and bloon" (purple, black, and blue)? Certainly they know an "apper" is an apple.
You've noticed you put your family into hysterics when you try to say caterpillar and it comes out "power-killer." They laugh especially hard when you wrap yourself in your yellow blanket and say, "Look, I a power-killer!"
Your mother seems to especially enjoy when you point out a crack in the parking lot and say, "Look, it's crap!" She tries again and again to get you to talk about cracks. You really don't understand it and will probably have to relive it all in therapy in a few years. She even films you talking about cracks in brownies and cracks in the grass you colored. And she laughs about it. Are cracks funny to grown-ups?
And honestly, is it really that funny when you call yourself a "peanut baby" (baby penguin) and curl up on your Daddy's feet until you "crap" the egg and hatch? That's how penguins are--Daddy carries the egg in a fold of fat above his feet until it cracks and the baby hatches. You are just role-playing a "peanut baby"--why does the whole family laugh at you?
So do some other difficult words, like "shoop" --"shoot," and "sauce-a-ghetti"--"spaghetti." Colors can present problems as well. Don't they understand what you mean when you say "purkle, glack, and bloon" (purple, black, and blue)? Certainly they know an "apper" is an apple.
You've noticed you put your family into hysterics when you try to say caterpillar and it comes out "power-killer." They laugh especially hard when you wrap yourself in your yellow blanket and say, "Look, I a power-killer!"
Your mother seems to especially enjoy when you point out a crack in the parking lot and say, "Look, it's crap!" She tries again and again to get you to talk about cracks. You really don't understand it and will probably have to relive it all in therapy in a few years. She even films you talking about cracks in brownies and cracks in the grass you colored. And she laughs about it. Are cracks funny to grown-ups?
And honestly, is it really that funny when you call yourself a "peanut baby" (baby penguin) and curl up on your Daddy's feet until you "crap" the egg and hatch? That's how penguins are--Daddy carries the egg in a fold of fat above his feet until it cracks and the baby hatches. You are just role-playing a "peanut baby"--why does the whole family laugh at you?
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