I love to listen to the girls try to figure out the English language. It really is amazing how fast little ones learn and how their little brains put meaning and words together. I love when Jenna busts out with phrases that don't totally make sense to me, but I can see how they would make sense to her four year old brain still learning the ins and outs of language.
We took the girls for swimming lessons yesterday for the first time. Jenna has a fear of big swimming pools and hasn't made it off the steps of any pool in a few years. (Hence the swimming lessons.) Knowing that she was going to a big pool for lessons caused some anxiety for her and the day before, she said, "Mommy, could you please sign me out of swimming lessons?"
I had to think a minute. Then it dawned on me. She was replacing "up" for "out." I had been telling her that I signed her "up" for lessons and she thought it would be a good idea for me to sign her "out!"
I didn't, by the way. And although she still didn't venture past the steps, she was willing to try and says she will let her teacher take her on the kickboard next week. We'll see . . . .
We were playing Memory today, and Jenna beat the pants off me. She doesn't quite get how you win in Memory, and she stacked her pile of cards next to mine (which were much smaller) and said, "Look Mommy! We roped in Memory!" Hmmm . . . another thought provoking phrase. She replaced "tied" which is the common word for that phrase with "roped."
I apologize if this isn't amusing to those of you reading this. As Jenna's Mommy and a teacher and lover of the English language, I get a kick out of stuff like this:)
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