Otherwise Known As

I was wearing a ratty old pj shirt this morning that used to be my sisters. It is an Alice in Wonderland scene with the Cheshire Cat who used to change colors in the sun . . . or heat . . . or something.

Either way, Isaac asked about it and I told him who it was and reminded him that we'd watched the movie together when we were reading the book.

M: "Do you remember that?"
I: "Oh, and it was a long, long time ago and we watched it with me and Mommy and Daddy and ate popcorn and had smoothies! Let's do that again!"

A little later he came and told me he wanted to watch "Alexander and the Treasure Cat." I smiled at the utter cuteness of the way he is trying to assimilate new things into his existing world.

A few of his other alternate names:
*One of the songs I often sing to the boys at bedtime is Lonesome Road (cheery, I know, but it has a great sleepy tone). Isaac calls it "Handsome Road."

*When Isaac first started baking with me and saw me put an apron on he would ask to wear an "apricot," too.

*He recently started playing Buzz from Toy Story. But it isn't Buzz Lightyear . . . it's "Buzz Lightning." After Isaac's all time favorite car, "Lightning a'Queen," of course.

*When things are crumpled or tangled or askew or out of place in anyway really, Isaac says it's "all scrambled."

I'm sure there are plenty more that I'm forgetting, but at least I've recorded a few so his sweet vocabulary isn't lost entirely when he grows up.