Little Things I Say A Lot That My Kids Have Also Adopted

1. We gotta go, go, go, gotta rodeo!
2. Referring to the interstate as the big highway. Actually the big hah-way.
3. Well, forevermore!
4. Bless your heart.
5. I'm fixin' to...
6. Let's rock and roll
7. Do it to it
8. Hot tamales!
9. Welp...

R's Words

1. Mama
2. Dada
3. Winnie
4. Mine
5. No
6. Yeah
7. Dog
8. Flag (sort of)
9. He can name all of the Reinbergs
10. Pawpaw
11. Please (sort of)
12. Truck (sort of)
13. Drink (sort of)
14. Night night
15. Yay!
16. He can do several animal sounds
17. Car
18. Choo choo
19. Eat
20. Banana
21. Cheese!
22. Ernie
23. Bert
24. Down

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Little Phrases W Says Because I Say Them A Lot

1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
2. Head 'em up and move 'em out.
3. You get what you get and you don't throw a fit.
4. Let's hit the road!
5. I love you all the way to the moon.


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Words

1. Certain meat describers are so disgusting sounding that I don't understand how people can eat them...sockeye, black and blue, angus
2. I spent about 5 minutes trying to force Words With Friends to accept the word "sfear" because I was convinced that was the correct spelling (sphere).

3. My nephew calls them "taters." A little redneck, but a lot of precious.

4. My MIL says croissant very strangely. Also Costa Rica.

5. I can't talk because I say many words strangely. See here.

6. "Mama" was both of my children's first words. It is my very favorite word. Until they turn 2-and-a-half and say it every five seconds. Over and over for no reason.

7. I wonder if the person who named it the "internet" wished they had spend more time thinking of a different name. Al Gore, sorry, I don't think this goes to you.

8. Why do the hipsters call it internets? Clearly, I'm not hip.

9. I love the concept of onomatopoeia. (zip, drip, pop...especially ones with "p")

10. I also love alliteration.

11. I generally like all the words that are pasta descriptors...cavatelli, macaroni, tortellini, vermicelli, etc.

12. I am pretty good at word games like Scrabble, Catch Phrase, Taboo or my favorite, Scattegories!

13. I used to read the dictionary when I was little

14. I was eliminated in one of the biggest spelling bees of my elementary school career (I ended up 3rd in the conference, I think) with the word "possession"

15. Persnickety is a fun word. As is crotchety.

16. I was attempting to teach W about words that rhyme. It was hilarious hearing the stuff she came up with.

17. I would love the job of naming the streets in a neighborhood. I could knock it out of the park. But I do appreciate city downtown's that use the number/letter system.

Things That Are Called Different Names In Our House

(for the sake of my daughter or coined by my daughter)

1. Ketchup bites = Boca burger chunks with ketchup on them
2. Black sprinkles = chia seeds
3. Sprinkles = parmesan cheese and wheat germ
4. Pink ice cream = strawberry ice cream
5. Daddy cereal = Corn/Rice Chex
6. Dusting = flaxseed meal
7. Piggies = either toes or pigtails/ponytails
8. Butt sticks = tampons (that was coined by W-she's the only person who uses that one)
9. Medicine = anything I don't want them to mess with
10. Aaron cereal = Quaker Oat Squares
11. Arkansas = my parent's house
12. Little Rock = Boulevard Bread Co.
13. Mommy job = anything I don't want her to do

Commonly Misspelled Words Beginning With An "N"

1. Necessary

2. Necessity

3. Nickel

4. Niece

5. Nineteenth

6. Ninety

7. Ninth

8. Nonentity

9. Noticeable

10. Notoriety

11. Nowadays

12. Nuisance

13. Numerator

New Words I've Learned Lately

1. Adz
2. Suq
3. Jeed
4. Jo
5. Ai
6. Aver
7. Dev
8. Goy
9. Azo
10. Jin
11. Oxo
12. Aa
13. Sae

Words I Can Make From "Christmas"

1. Mast
2. Mi
3. Mars
4. Mash
5. Math
6. Marsh
7. Miss
8. Mist
9. Mica
10. Marc
11. Ma
12. Chris
13. Crash
14. Chat
15. Christ
16. Cram
17. Chasm
18. Cat
19. Mat
20. Mast
21. Match
22. Hi
23. Hiss
24. Him
25. Ham
26. Has
27. Ha
28. Ram
29. Rich
30. Rim
31. Rat
32. It
33. Is
34. Itch
35. I
36. Sac
37. Sat
38. Shirt
39. Sham
40. Shit
41. Stir
42. Star
43. Sit
44. Sic
45. Sir
46. Sat
47. Scar
48. Scat
49. Scam
50. A
51. Sam
52. Ira
53. Ti
54. Tar
55. This
56. Tram
57. Tim
58. Ass
59. Am
60. Act
61. Acts
62. As
63. Ami
christmas
64. At
65. Aim
66. Arm
67. Arc
68. Arch
69. Art
70. Mart
71. Ari
72. Ah

Poems I Can Recite

1. Stringbean Small- Shel Silverstein
2. Psalm 63- David
3. To An Athlete Dying Young- A.E. Housman
4. Because I Could Not Stop For Death- Emily Dickinson
5. It's Spring- Samantha Berger
6. I am not counting songs as poetry, but I know they are

Words I Can Spell From "Happy Halloween"

1. Papa
2. Poe
3. Pee
4. Peel
5. Pall
6. Phone
7. Pho
8. Pew
9. Pole
10. Paw
11. Pan
12. Play
13. Plan
14. Plow
15. Ploy
16. Plane
17. Pane
18. Plop
19. Peep
20. Penal
21. Panel
22. Yeah
23. Yap
24. Yellow
25. People
26. Papal
28. Phone
29. Pen
30. Pal
31. Pan
32. Pow
33. Pop
34. Pay
35. Yawn
36. Yawp
37. Yeah
38. Yap
39. Yen
40. Hen
41. Hall
42. Hop
43. Hole
44. Hype
45. Hope
46. Hell
47. How
48. Holly
49. Hoe
50. Heal
51. Heel
52. Pawn
53. Help
54. Lawn
55. Elope
56. Howl
57. Ape
58. An
59. Ah
60. Aye
61. All
62. Ale
63. Ally
64. Awe
65. Anal
66. Allow
67. Anew
68. Aloe
69. Apple
70. Appall
71. Alone
72. Lap
73. Lane
74. Lean
75. Leap
76. Lone
77. Loan
78. Low
79. Lawn
80. Law
81. Lye
82. Lay
83. Low
84. Owe
85. Own
86. On
87. One
88. Open
89. Opal
90. Ole
91. Only
92. Lonely
93. Oy
94. Wee
95. Ween
96. Wean
97. Wheel
98. Whale
99. Woe
100. Won
101. Wall
102. Wane
103. We
104. Who
105. Ell
106. Eel
107. Elope
108. Ewe
109. Ewan
110. Helen
111. Owen
112. Hal
113. Eh
114. Nap
115. New
116. Nape
117. Now
118. Nope
119. Nappy
120. Happy
121. Halloween
122. Neal
123. Noel
124. Hallow
125. Nelly
126. Polly
127. Halo
128. No
129. Haw
130. Nolan
131. Nepal

More Baby Names I Like

1. Hugh (boy)
2. Quince (girl)
3. Maeve (girl)
4. Mercy (girl)
5. Walter (boy)
6. Willa (girl)
7. Penny (I would say, "I love you, Penny" all the time like Desmond does with that accent)
8. Able (boy. I would spell it like this)

Little Phrases I Dislike

1. Get a bite to eat
2. Take a dip in the pool
3. Up in your Kool-Aid
4. Up in my grill
5. Tricked out
6. 24/7, the 4-1-1, LYLAS, OMG, and the like
7. Enough said. Or even worse, 'nuff said.

Words I Do Not Like

1. Pasty

2. Pork

3. Groin

4. Panties

5. Preggo/Preggers

6. Wart

7. Some other ones, but they are bad words

Words (Andy Says) That I Say Wrong

1. Spatula
2. Advertisement
3. Further
4. Oil
5. Foil
6. Doritos
7. Wash
8. Toilet

My Boy Name List (we're not using any of these)

1. Hugh

2. Blaise

3. Warner

4. Cannon

5. Rory

6. Dexter

7. Trevor

8. Graham

9. Hal

10. Hayes

11. Porter

12. Rhodes

13. Felix

14. Niles

15. Ewan

16. Fletcher

Baby Girl Names I Like, but I'm Having a Boy

1. Ellis

2. Louise

3. Edith

4. Alice

5. Iris

6. Ennis

7. Marlo

8. Hollis

9. Iris

10. Daphne

11. Frances

12. Edy

13. Margot

Words I Love

1. Wonder
2. Zanzibar
3. Catamaran
4. Temperate
5. Pomegranate
6. Bouillaibaise
7. Advertisement (I don't say it like you do)
8. Whipple
9. Poughkeepsie
10. Amethyst