I can't resist but to write a little blog on Sami.
As we all know we do need translations for toddlers speech because not all words come out like they should. When an adult is around any toddler other than their own they usually have to look at the parent for some help in recognizing what the little mite is trying to tell you.
Every night I give Sami a bath before bed. When she gets in, no matter what the temperature of the water, she shouts, "HOT!". And every night I touch it just to make sure and it is never hot so I reply, "It's not hot baby" and she'll look at me every time with big eyes and say, "Worm?". The English translation from Sami's toddler talk would be "warm". At this point in the bathing process Sami sits down in the "worm" water as I gather all the necessities to get the job done quickly. To get her wet I take the bath cup and pour water over her shoulders and back. She tends to giggle as the water trickles down her back and she may argue a few more times that the water is hot but most every time she gets a chill. Well I don't know what the average person calls a chill but in my family we have little sayings for most anything. I presume these little catch phrases and sayings sprouted from my Gramps who was full of them. So when Sami gets a chill I say, "Oh you got a shiver brr!" Night after night I would pour the water down her back and she would get a shiver brr.
Well about two weeks ago we were doing the bath routine and everything was going like every other night except this night when I poured the water down her back, Sami looked at me and giggled, "Mommy, SHITTER BIRD!"
How can anyone resist the cute little ways our little ones try and repeat us? Gramps would have got a kick out of that one.
