Princess Presto

"Daddy, the princess needs to go to the ball."
"OK"
"Well...she can't go to the ball without her gloves."
"Oh, right." I fetch the gloves.
"Well...she can't go to the ball without her wand, Silly Daddy."
"Of course. Silly, indeed." I fetch the wand.
"Daddy, she can't go to the ball without her purse."
"Clearly." I fetch the purse. "Is that everything."
"Yes...but she can't go to the ball without her daddy."
My pleasure.

Caleb-ese

Cah = car, clock, croc (as in the shoe), Lightning McQueen, also used to express general excitement
Ah (hard "h") = off, on (context is clearly important here)
Goga/Kaka = dog
Nah = Nana
choo-choo = train, Thomas
Gode-nee = Gordon
Moo = cow, animals generally
Pss = please
Moo pss = more please; specifically in reference to scones, lollipops, and Cheez-Its
Mee-mo = Nemo, Elmo
Anonie = another
I do, I do = responding to our asking Maddie if she wants to do something

Mommy was mastered long ago, usually pronounced Mah-MEE accompanied by a "come here" gesture. We're still waiting for "daddy," who is generally hailed with "cah."

The Flying Bench

We went to Sugarbush, Vermont over the weekend to ski. It was Maddie's and Caleb's first time on the mountain. Maddie got skis and Caleb got a sled. This was not well received by Caleb.

Maddie, for her part, was in heaven riding the "magic carpet," a conveyor belt to move kids up the bunny hill (a vast improvement over the burn-inducing rope tow of my day), and then riding down with Katie. I took Caleb home quite early due to his inability to cope with not doing everything his sister did.

After a few hours back at the ski house, Papa J showed up with Maddie. "Daddy, the bench flewed," she told me with grand gesticulation. "It went around and around and then it flied us up the hill."