Last night, Seimi came upstairs to inquire about a parental tuck-in. After an afternoon and evening of extended family time, the tired parental units sent a message of affection and rapid lights-out downstairs via the 5-year-old. He announced from the top of the stairs:
S, s, s, sorry guys! Tuck-in-self time!
We will miss Mr. S's placeholder stutter that announces, I have something to say, so nobody mow over me in this conversation... Now that I have the floor, give me a sec to figure out what that is.
Another thing that is already gone but missed is Boookie and Ela's use of reflexive pronouns, especially the utility pronoun "chether," derived of course, from "each other."
For example:
Look, the animals are loving their chether.
Mommie said we need to each play by our chether.
I don't want to play LEGOs right now. You should play by your chether.
