Thursday, March 10, 2011

Chumpy!

Harper is a talking machine.  She gabs day and night and has recently added nightmares and might terrors to her repertoire (she dreamsof bumblebees, her least favorite thing on Earth, and flies flying into her eyes).  During her waking hours, she talks about "anyting" she sees, hears, or thinks of.  She is full of questions, which she usually answers herself or answers with a "No, that's not right!" when given (the correct) answer.  She bosses Graham around, lecturing him throughout the day and tattling on him the rest of the time.  When Lucy is home she chats but also makes up nonsensical stories or words.  And, especially at mealtimes, she seems to come up with her own vocab for what's around her, here are some of our favorite Harperisms:

-"I don't care!"- She says this all the time, even when not being addressed.  This is her two-year old self thinking that she is really sticking it to us.  She even sings a song that has the very complicated lyrics "I don't care, I don't care, I don't care!"  In the end, she usually does care.
-"Chumpy"- this is her version of "Chubby" and she frequently calls Graham "Chumpy", often without even looking up from what she is doing.
-"Tootie!"- Another nickname for Graham.  It is usually combined with "ok" as in, "Ok, Tootie!"
-"Anyting"- it means anything, but it is far cuter

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