Speaking Ava-ese

Before I had children, I often wondered how parents could understand anything a toddler said. But now, I understand. It is a matter of speaking their language, quite literally. And I am proud to announce that I, for one, am fluent in Ava-ese. The rest of the world? Not so much, lol. Even her own brother can't understand most of what she is saying!

This isn't to say that she doesn't TRY to talk a lot, she does. She is just very difficult to understand because her pronunciation is so terrible. I know it will improve greatly this year, but I thought I would give a few examples so you know how impressive it is that I speak Ava-ese! ;)

This morning (Aiden is still sleeping!) Ava and I were watching Blues Clues and Steve was wearing a super cape and a mask. Ava asked, "Where A-ah superigh? Where A-ah sun-sun?" This means, "Where is Ava's supercape? Where are Ava's sunglasses?" After we had found them and put them on, she demanded, "I ant De-stowy! Boss! Wooeee!!" This means, "I want Toy Story! Buzz! Woody!" SShe didn't want to watch the movie though, she just wanted to play with her toys, which took me several more minutes to figure out.

One word that is universal in English and Ava-ese though, is definitely NO, lol. "Ava, it's time to change your diaper." Ava's response of course? "No no no no no no no no no!!!!! NO bipa!" Bipa is diaper, but you probably figured that out for yourself;) Happy weekend! (I promise next week's posts will be more about Aiden!)