It’s been a rough few weeks, with a new baby needing the usual attention and with Hypertot discovering new levels of mischievousness; but yesterday we had a spot of encouragement to light up the challenges. We discovered that Hypertot is bilingual. Well, about liquid in cans, anyway.<\/p>\n
I and three kids moved from California to Washington when Joel and I married. Little did I realize at the time that we’d crossed the Soda-Pop line. We are firmly soda people, and I married into a Pop family. Andy, who was at the time nearing fourteen, adjusted quickly. Shannon, two years younger, was more stubborn. She still clings to her soda like a puppy to a soggy tennis ball. I admit, Shannon inherited this trait from me.<\/p>\n
That’s the background. Yesterday, two year old Davy picked up a can and held it up to Shannon, saying “pop!” “Soda,” she corrected him. He held it up again, and repeated “pop.”<\/p>\n
“Can you say ‘soda’?” she urged. “Doda!” he repeated, to much praise and hugging from big sis.<\/p>\n
Then he did something unexpected. He carried the can to Andy and said “Pop!”<\/p>\n
Then he came back to Shannon, and said “Dadoo [Andrew] pop. Nan-nan [Shannon] doda.”<\/p>\n
Now if we could just teach him not to put toothbrushes in the toilet…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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