Comic Relief

Nat has been honing her sense of humor these days. Back in September, when we were in Philly, my mother-in-law got all excited about teaching Nat to say "happy!" when she (Grandmom) spelled out "h-a-p-p-y." Last week, Nat suddenly started saying "h-a-p-p-y: grumpy!" and then laughing her head off. I think it's a much better trick.

Last week, when I was driving the girls to Kansas City, Nat started a litany of endearments with me in the rear view mirror.

"Hi beautiful girl!" Nat said.

"Hi beautiful girl!" I answered.

"Hi sweetheart!" Nat said.

"Hi sweetheart!" I repeated.

"Hi garlic!" Nat said.

"What?" I asked. "Do you mean 'darling?'" I said.

"Oh, hi darling!" Nat corrected herself.

"Hi darling!" I answered.

A couple hours later, Nat started the game again.

"Hi beautiful girl!"

"Hi beautiful girl!"

"Hi sweetheart!"

"Hi sweetheart!"

"Hi darling!"

"Hi darling!"

Pause.......

"Hi garlic!" then gales of laughter from the carseat in back.

Since then, she comes up every now and then, and declares, "hi garlic!" and falls over giggling.

Comments

[frog]

I love little kid humor.