As much as Madeleine's vocabulary has flourished in the past few months, there are still a few words that remain stumpers for her. One such word is "squirrel"; although she has heard the word many times and is incredibly interested in squirrels, she just hasn't quite been able to differentiate a squirrel from other animals she does know. For example:
Pulling into the YMCA parking lot
JULIA: Mama! I see a squirrel!
MADELEINE: (pointing delightedly at the squirrel) Woof?
Today she was even more off base.
MADELEINE: (watching a squirrel in our back yard hop around on the fence, then catapult off into the woods) Where goin?
ME: Where's he going?
MADELEINE: (running after the squirrel) Quack quack! Where goin?
ME: That's a squirrel. I think he went bye-bye.
MADELEINE: Bye-bye! Goin? Quack quack!
ME: That's a SQUIRREL.
MADELEINE: Squewew. Quack quack!
ME: It's not a duck, honey. It's a squirrel.
MADELEINE: Squewew. Where goin?
ME: He's in the woods. He went bye-bye.
MADELEINE: Bye-bye. Squewew. Quack quack!
I can see why she was confused, because squirrels do look an awful lot like ducks, after all.
Ahahahahahahaha. That little honey. I miss her so much. And at least "squewew" is closer than "snow" for Tamara.
ReplyDeleteIf you guys go to the Walgreens in across from my old apartment, you might find a guy with a squewew on his shoulder just walking around the store.
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