Out of the Mouths of Babes

Having two little ones learning to master the English language provides us with an endless source of entertainment. Here are a few of my recent favorites:

- Annabelle is learning our family names. Gwyneth's full name is pronounced in two ways; either "GG Grace" or "Guiness Grace". Annabelle has the Grace party down pat, but it seems Gwyneth is destined to forever be our little GG or her newest nickname will be after a beer!

- If Annabelle doesn't feel like walking and would prefer to be carried she'll ask us to "Peese, give me a ride". It seems we have already turned ourselves into her personal taxi to get from one room to another.

- Both Annabelle and Gwyneth refer to the big sister as "Apple". It's hilarious yet confusing to hear Annabelle request fruit "Apple's banana, peese", "Apple's grapes, peese". What's tough is when one of them really just wants an Apple!

- Annabelle can say her ABC's start to finish and sings them over and over. She has figured out the L,M,N,O,P but has created her own letter "Q,R,S,T,U,V, double S, Y and Z".

Annabelle and Gwyneth have their own language and they babble amongst themselves. They have serious conversations that make no sense to anyone else. (I've heard of twins doing this.) I'm keeping my eye on them - I'm prepared for anarchy.