Funder

Because that's how Ev pronounces it these days. (He can say the "th" sound, but he still calls it "funder.") We had a HUGE storm last night. In fact, it woke me up when it started and it was right in our back yard...or so it sounded. It eventually woke Ev up with a start and really frightened him. He was shaking all over and screaming like a banshee. I could hardly blame him; it sounded like the "funder" was right outside the window. We eventually got him calmed down a little with the help of a glass of milk and a Curious George show...it took about an hour. Poor guy!! Thankfully, Tate slept through the whole thing. I was SURE he'd wake up, but he didn't...praise God!

Anyway, I love how Ev says things..."funder" for thunder..."pam" for ham, "yeng-ow" for yellow...Somewhere he learned the word "awfully" so he says things like, "That's awfully a lion, Mommy." :) Milk is called "miiwkee-miiwkee." Tate is his "widdow bruder." He's got such a huge vocabulary and sounds like a big kid and yet still has this little toddler sound at the same time. Such a fun phase. :)

Tate, of course, can't say much at all, but he's working on clicking his tongue. He's quite serious about it, too, and spends lots of time working that out. That and crawling. :) And messing up Ev's train tracks. That's his FAVORITE thing to do.

So, often "widdow bruder" becomes, "NO NO TATER!!!" :)

Ah...this IS the life!