Meet the Finklestones

Tonight Caitlin requested to watch "The Finklestones". Having absolutely *no idea* what she was talking about, I gave her a blank stare. Brandon then said, "Do you mean 'The Flintstones'?"

Oooohhhhh!!!

It's amazing how she managed to change the entire show in my mind with one little mistake.

Dark Vader

Caitlin is currently upstairs fighting an unknown enemy with a lightsaber. Despite all my attempts to correct her, she keeps yelling "I'm Dark Vader!"

Yo Ho Yo Ho

Caitlin's singing her Christmas songs again. This time it's "We Three Kings." She's singing the line that goes "oh, oh, star of wonder, star of light" as "yo, ho, star of wonder...." It's a pirate's life for me.

More Lyrics to Kill

Caitlin's moved on from "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." Now she's massacring the lyrics to "Joy to the World". Her lyrics are:

"Let earth receive her king!

Let every heart prepare to hurt!" (instead of "prepare him room")a

And, she's singing it all at the top of her lungs in the store. Lovely.

Even More Lyrics

Today - yet more new lyrics for "Hark the Herald Angels Sing":

Joyful all the nations rise,

Join the tramp above the skies!

With all jelly all day long!

Christ is born in Bethlehem.

I'm starting to think she's changing the words because we laugh. However, many, many people at Target, and at the mall in general, were amused by the constant singing and improvised lyrics. Really. They told me so.

Tramp... Triumph...Who Cares?

The lyrics to "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" have changed in the last few hours. Now the line "Join the triumph of the skies" is now "Join the tramp up in the skies." At some point we are hoping that Caitlin will be able to say the word "triumph". Before the church preschool Christmas pageant would be nice.

Join the Trip Above the Skies

Caitlin is currently rehearsing "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" in the bathtub. Her lyrics go something like this:

"Joyful all the nations rise,

Join the trip above the skies! (Join the triumph of the skies)

With all jelly hosts proclaim, (With the angelic hosts proclaim)

Christ is born in Bethlehem!"

I'm worried about the jellied hosts, but the trip above the skies sounds pretty good to me.

I Love You, Kid.

Caitlin's favorite game is "I'll be the mommy and you be the kid." Brandon never expressed any interest in this game when he was 3. Maybe all little girls play this game, but it's new to me. Caitlin will play it with anyone who wants to, and the dialogue goes something like this:

Random participant: "I love you Mommy"

Caitlin: "I love you too, kid."

Christmas Carol Lyrics (According to Caitlin)

She sings them loudly, proudly, and rarely correctly!


We Three Kings of Glorious Art,
Marrying gifts, we've traveled so far

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul, with a corncob pipe and a button nose, and toys made out of coal

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus lay on his sweet sweet head

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, No what fun it is to ride in one horse slapping hay (hey!)

Hark the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king
Peace on earth, and mercy why? God and sinners reconsighed

Go telling on a mountain..........

And numerous selections from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
...calling the other reindeers, use to laugh and call him names....
...then one froggy Christmas eve....
...Rudolph with your snow so white, won't you guide my sleigh tonight
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, had a very shiny nose. And if you never saw it, you wouldn't even say it goes!

And those are just the lyrics she's trying to get right. If she doesn't know what the next line in a song is, she'll randomly make up some lyrics to continue the song.

"I shore do!"

Lately, whenever we ask Caitlin if she wants something, her response is (written phonetically) "I shore do!". Where is she from? The deep south?

Caitlinisms

Following is the vocabulary of our almost 22 month old:

choo choo bean - choo choo train

badu - pretzel

Bindon - Brandon

Peas! - Please

aum - arm

mato - tomato

miuk - milk. Or any beverage

wa-wer - water

Emo - Elmo

Tees - teeth

Baci - Paci

Bye Bye baci - time to put the paci away

No Barney - No Barney. Oh yes. No.More.Barney. Peas!

I like "Toddler Tunes" - I really like "Toddler Tunes", Mom. Please please can I watch it right now?