Cute toddler story - bicycle bears

[velvetpage]

Elizabeth has long been able to pronounce the word "bicycle" very clearly. She loves bicycles. Other kids point out cars or trucks on the road. Elizabeth points out bicycles.

So we couldn't figure out what she was asking for when one day she started asking to eat a bicycle. "You don't eat bicycles!" we told her.

"I want a bicycle in the fridge!" she cried, and pointed, not to the fridge, but to the freezer.

We figured it out, and gave her a popsicle.


A week or so later, I bought a different kind of popsicle - no-name brand freezies that come in a yellow package. I showed her these and tried to teach her the word "freezie."

Next thing I know, she's asking for another "bicycle bear." It took us a few minutes to figure that one out - exactly as long as it took to take a good look at the package and realize that the package had a teddy bear on it.

Comments

[purplkat.livejournal.com]

That's adorable :)

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Rhys used ot call popsicles "pop-pickles". Often abbreviated to just "pickle"

I think he still considers "sour cream" and "icecream" to be the same thing, too.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

She hasn't got too many of those toddler-dictionary type phrases, so I felt I had to chronicle this one. :) Pop-pickle is high on the list of best toddlerisms ever, though.

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it made perfect sense- she saw what was on the box and that's what it was. :)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I love toddlerisms. :)

[jadecat.livejournal.com]

Me too, there's just such a beautiful logic to it all. Silly adults just don't always pay proper attention to things. ;)