"Time for luuuuunch!"
"What do you want?"
"nelly batter and nutep."
"No, Leah, it's peee...nuuuht... buuhhhdder."
"NO!"
"Yes, try it with me. Peanut... butter."
"and nelly!"
"And juh-juh-juh... jelly."
"Butter nelly and eenup."
"Do it with me. Peee-nut... budder. and. Jelly. Good. Okay."
"NO! You're wrong!"
"No, really, it's peanut butter and jelly. I swear."
"NOOO!" *real tears form*
"What?"
(switches to ASL) "Bread forgot you." (back to cueing) "Peanut butter and nelly... AND BREAD."
cute! but then, i think all kid-metalinguistic-awareness moments are adorable.
mmm, nelly. think i'll go have some.
Posted by: marisa | January 27, 2009 at 09:03 AM