Julia-isms

First, I have to begin this post by saying that Julia has an amazing vocabulary.  At least once a day something comes out of her mouth that surprises me because it just seems like she shouldn’t be saying words that big, or using a phrase that complex, or something else along those lines.  But there are a few things she says that are incorrect but are also adorable.  The two that most readily come to mind are “gotfor” and “pine noodles.”  Pine noodles is pretty straight-forward.  This is what she started calling pine needles last summer.  And I thought it was cute and so it has somewhat stuck.  Sometimes she says it correctly and sometimes they’re pine noodles…

“Gotfor” on the other hand is how she always says “forgot.”  As in “I gotfor my snack at home.” I have no idea how this started or why but it is clearly very much ingrained in her vocabulary.  Both Andrew and I say “forgot” correctly every time we hear her say “gotfor” but she doesn’t seem to realize the difference or just doesn’t care.  This is actually the only word (that I have noticed) that she does this (transpose the syllables) with and at this point it makes me smile every time she says it.  It’s a good reminder that she really is only two and a half going on three regardless of what the other words coming out of her mouth are!