That title only make sense if you know that Betsie's word for ice cream is hia (pronounced hee-ah)...we don't know why. The first time I figured that out was thanks to her knowing a lot of sign language from the Signing Time DVDs. One day she kept asking for "hia" and this dull mom just wasn't figuring it out. Then she made the sign for ice cream! Now the bad thing is that we all call ice cream "hia!"Often overheard around here:
Mary Evelyn: Betsie, say ice.
Betsie: Ice
Mary Evelyn: Say cream.
Betsie: Ceam (she leaves the "r" out)
Mary Evelyn: Say ice cream
Betsie: (With a note of triumph at once again messing with us...) HIA!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, today is pj day at Bruster's and I took the girls to get their free cones. And since Jason has been working his tail off and we see no end in sight for several more weeks, I feel no guilt for treating my girls in this way. (Okay, it's a treat for me...I don't have to fix lunch and everybody is happy. I admit it.) Snack will be apples or peanut butter or something that makes me feel like a better mother.
By the way, Betsie calls Mary Evelyn "Mia" and my brother Billy "Bia." And you know Spongebob's snail Gary? He is now called "Gia."
5 comments:
LOL! That is too funny! That Ice cream looks good! love the picture!
What a hoot! :)
Praying for you as Jason works these long hours, friend...
Like Mary's shoes. They look great with the jammies.
I wondered who would notice Mary's shoes first. And you can't even see Rachel's cool knee high black boots that look GREAT with her pjs.
I've been looking back at your older blog posts. :) I love this post! It reminds us how we need to just RELAX sometimes and ENJOY parenting (something I admit I need to do more often).
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