Hawalle
February 10 2010 My kids don’t seem to be the kind to form cute names for things. Sadly, a bottle is always a bottle. A book has always been a book. A fork could easily be misconstrued as something else, but you’d just be twisting vowels around. I mean, Abby refers to the cat as her brother, but I’ve yet to decide if that’s charming or confused. As well, they also rarely mispronounce. So when it happens, however briefly, I get a little amused.
Since I needed to wash dishes, I gave the boys a choice between Barney or the Fresh Beat Band. The fact that they actually chose Barney should tell you all you need to know about the appeal of the Fresh Beat Band.
As I was scrubbing last night’s dinner off a pan, Jedi comes in to inform me of Barney’s make-believe itinerary for the day.
“He’s gonna use his imagination!”, he buoyantly chirps. “To go to Hawalle!”
“Go where?”, I asked just in case I had soap bubbles in my ears.
Excitedly, he repeats, “Hawalle!”
This is why children make life a little bit brighter without even trying. In the midst of grease and stuck-on noodles, it made me smile. I almost hated to correct him.
“You mean Hawaii?”
“Oh, yeah, Hawaii! He’s gonna go there!” I don’t know, though, Hawalle sounds nice, too. Although I just Googled it and it appears to be a city in Kuwait. Which would make for a much different episode of Barney.
11 Responses
on February 10 2010
Funny – the kids and I had a lengthy conversation this morning about taking a vacation to Hawalle. Er – Hawaii.
on February 10 2010
I really love the little mispronunciations! We get them now and again, but they don’t last long. Recently, she dubbed the ink-well hole in her vintage desk a “bro ho” … which, when we delved into the matter, was something that whales had that water came out of … or a BLOW HOLE (still sounds dirty!).
on February 10th, 2010
@jesser, Bro ho? That’s too funny!
on February 10 2010
Our family seems to be prone to articulation delays, which is AWESOME for cuteness.
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on February 10 2010
Too funny – I love your dry sense of humor, C!
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on February 10 2010
This totally cracked me up!! LOL How adorable! I look forward to all the crazy things that my kids will say.. At least I hope they say crazy things, otherwise I might be a little disappointed lol
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on February 10 2010
Now I’m dreaming of Hawaii and sun and vacation! (And I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s scrubbing last night’s casserole dish today.)
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on February 10th, 2010
@Stacia, We eat so late at night, my husband doesn’t get home from work until around 7, that I always do dishes during the day. This is when a dishwasher comes in handy.
on February 11 2010
Too funny. My daughter never names things either. Me “what’s your bear’s name”. Her “bear.”
Oh…that’s creative.
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on February 11 2010
That’s too cute…now I am thinking of Hawaii. We went to Sea World last summer and my tot talks constantly about seeing “shampoo” the whale. It’s too cute to correct…
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on February 11 2010
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