This is a running list in admiration of my boys’ language development and expressions.

Ian
Repetend: pretend
Hopticopter: helicopter
Igick: Isaac
To in front of me and beyond: Buzz Lightyear’s “To infinity and beyond”
Degio: Diego (the show)
Piwow: pillow
New Van: Our ’09 Ford Flex
Na na: toddler version of nurse, eat
Vegtibital: vegetable

Isaac
Chick Olay: Chick-fil-A
Ashwee: Aunt Ashley
A piece of cheese!!: his request for his all-favorite snack
Mo Mo Mo: small toddler version of more
You’ll never find me now!: his inner villain escaping an undesired activity