Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Oliver's Fs

Oliver has started doing something that Cora used to do when she was about his age. He enjoys playing with words, particularly substituting the first letter of every word in a sentence with a particular letter. His favorite is "f". I just make sure not to talk about trucks.

So tonight for bedtime he requested and I sang, with f's substituted throughout:

Fender Fepherd
Finkle Finkle Fittle Far
Fock a Fye Faby
Fing Fow, Feet Fariot


Then, after songs:

Me: "Good night buddy."

Oliver: "I'm a fig foy. A fig two years old foy. I'm Foliver."

Me: "Good night Foliver. Feet feams."

Ollie: "You're a fatty."

Me: "I'm a fatty?"

O: "Uh-huh. Before you were a fatty you were a Brian. Before I was Foliver I was an Oliver."

And as I left the room after saying good night I heard him call out behind me:
"Fud Fight Fatty!"

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