What the Kids Say

What the Kids Say

The kids call grilled cheese “grilled chez,” and they call maple seeds “attack helicopters.”
I try not to listen to Livia’s after-school meets with her friends, but occasionally I overhear scraps of conversation. One day I thought I heard her say, “I’m a reading maniac!” I asked her later if I’d heard her correctly. She said, “You can quote me on that!” So I just did. And, though I wouldn’t characterize her love of reading as a mania, I applaud her enthusiasm.
Marshall enjoys taking words and names and warping them, particularly into opposites. So, instead of the Star Trek shows Deep Space Nine and Voyager, we watch Shallow Not-Space Eight and Stay-At-Home-Ager. LifeSavers are “LifeEnders.” He also frequently mentions “Muffin Time” (not his invention, BTW, just something he thinks is amusing). The interesting thing about Muffin Time is that it can mean either “time to eat muffins” or “time to die.” Personally, I prefer muffins to death.
Also, included at his dad’s request: Marshall really likes the word “toes” and adds it to other words and names whenever the mood strikes, which is often. Meanwhile, Livia has grown quite tired of that and would like her brother to quit it.