Name Change update

OK, so I have actually decided to keep this blog just as it is but I will be creating a new site for a new, more refined purpose. I will keep you updated on when it is up and running and will be sure to be plugging it relentlessly ;)

Well, I have so many things to chat about... As I am typing this I am watching J tumble from the lounge chair onto one of those flip out couch thingys while singing out 'Mum mum mum watch me, watch meeee'. And as she tumbles she laughs and squeals both at the same time...

I am thinking back over the past few days, to things that I have rambled to myself about (mostly in my head but not always) and that I would like to note, if for no other reason than not wanting to forget them along with so many other things that have long left my memory.

On the weekend we took J and K to the Animal Zoo. Not the zoo, the animal zoo. J has been asking us every day for the past two weeks to take her to see the animals at the animal zoo, singing to us (most things are sung at the moment) that she wants to see the munkeeeez, the eflaaants and the Jeeeraaaaafs... She tells us that her cousin who is the same age as her went to the zoo with his Mummy and Daddy and baby and he has told her all about it. i find this incredibly fascinating. The kids are mostly playing raucously when they are together but I have never really noticed them having much of a 'conversation' as such. Sometimes they say the odd thing to one another such as 'look at me' or 'come with me' and often they yell at each other 'that's MINE, give it Baaaaaack!!!' but never have I heard them just having a chat so finding that he has told her all about the zoo and had her so excited by what he has told her is completely fascinating to me.

Anywho it was off to the Animal Zoo for our little team. It was a beautiful sunny 28 in Melbourne on Saturday, just gorgeous. Really good weather for drying washing, that was something I had lots of due to the terrible drying weather that had graced us over the last fortnight, but I didn't have to worry about that, I, sorry, we were going to the Zoo.

Off we went and there we arrived along with gazillions (no exaggeration there really were gazillions) of other zoo going folk who were also wanting to take advantage of this glorious weather. But that did not hamper our spirits, we arrived in time for lunch, we picnicked, we visited critters and we constantly heard each other saying 'c'mon J, c'mon, you'll get lost, don't go over there, come here, COME HERE, STOP Grrrrr Hmph' But don't worry that didn't dampen our spirits for the day either. J was just being a typical excited three year old. Loving the gardens and the animals and the general excitement of the day.

We took the Phil & Teds so that she could climb into the pusher when her legs got tired but she didn't spend long in there, most of the time was spent on Dads shoulders getting the best view of everything. I love watching her riding all the way up there. It is a special father child activity, a right of passage.

I took lots of photos looking very much like a Japanese tourist, watching most of the goings on through a viewfinder. K slept a majority of the time and spent the rest of the time cooing and laughing at strangers enjoying lots of attention and quiet time gumming Sophie (His Giraffe teether).

We grown ups enjoyed offering J such a special day, I enjoyed walking in the sunshine with someone to share the kid wrangling with and when all was done and dusted I even enjoyed the cruisy drive home as a passenger and a whole 45 minutes of alone time with my family.

Hearing J tell us that her favourite animal was the Efalents (mine was the giraffes) got me to thinking of some of the funnier words and mispronunciations we have had the pleasure of experiencing so far and I thought I would share them with you.

Moogoo (the first oo is pronounced as in book or look and the second as it is spelled 'goo') this is J's name for a mandarin and has been since she was about 16 months old.

Gunzel - otherwise known as Rapunzel

There are many more of course that I am sure I will remember as soon as I hit the 'post' button and then there is the one that a wonderful friend of mine uses all the time since her darling son came up with it. It is 'Toonkynunk' (hope I got that one right) I just love this word and think her son is a complete genius for coming up with such a literary gem!

I must admit we use Moogoo all the time, hardly ever referring to the fruit as a mandarin. J also has her very own word for her privates and since she started using it we do too.

What funny / nonsense words have your treasures come up with that have become family favourites?