In My Country, We Say "Thank You"

McKay has made some good linguistic approximations recently. I sent out an email more than a year ago called "McKay's Dictionary". Here are the most notable entries so far for Age Three:

Elbow Cookie: the largest city in New Mexico.
furzurt: a sweet following the midday or evening meal.
heckapoper: rotor-driven VTOL aircraft.
ungella: parabolic rain avoidance tool made of cloth.


An amusing conversation from this evening:

McKay: Mom! Pucky's bothering me!
Lorraine: Tell him not to.
McKay: Not to, Pucky!

(Thanks to Kayla, McKay's friend Max's mum, for supplying me with the title)

Splish Splash and Over the Rainbow

After a month, McKay was finally able to try out his new puddle stompers this morning. They work perfectly.

First cold day today, hovering at 45F/7C. Brrr...gotta get the mitts and hats out tomorrow. Or it might be 80F/30C again. Lots of great colours on the trees, and in the ditches...leaf mold allergies holding at bay this year.

Watched the first part of the Wizard of Oz (up til the meeting of the TinMan) as a family tonight. Here is some of the commentary:

• Why is that man green?
• Why she fall in with the pigs?
• Is she a Mommy? Does she have boobs?
• Why she have a broom?
• What's that song called?
• Am I scared?