Oh the things they do say...

I was just reading Amanda from Household Six's blog and something made me really laugh.

Want to know what it is?

Amanda was discussing the things that kids say and among them was the expression 'legpits', the lower body version of armpits if you will. If my sister is reading this now, she'll have the same smile and memory as me, because we used to call them legpits as well! Oh the genius of youth because really, it makes complete sense (and still does to me).

I actually have a small book dedicated to the kidisms we hear around here and when a good one comes along, it is quickly written down so not to be forgotten. Among my favourites from my own children are earmuffins, fingerlids (fingernails obviously) and eyeflashes. But then there are the misunderstandings as well, when you know they just haven't understood exactly what the correct wording is. One example I remember is the famous Alice in Turnipland (as the translation from her French Alice au pays des navets would be) and when my oldest declared that she was born in 'get down'. 'Get down' you ask? Well yes. You see, she's born in December or décembre in French which sounds ever so slightly like the verb descendre or, you guessed it, to go down.

There are also the very logical explanations to such things like why daddy writes with his left hand ("He's French you know") and who is on British coins ("The queen of Snow White of course").

But maybe the best is when you listen in on your children talking among themselves:

"In Egypt, there is a huge statue with the head in a mask and the body of a lion. It's called the Great Stinks."