Here are some recent quotes and definitions from Heike, my fearless 3 year old!

Swim soup - The thing you wear when you go swimming.

Spongebob - The thing you wipe the counters with, as in "Mommy, can I wipe the counters with the spongebob?".

Kitty feathers - The fluff left behind when petting a long haired white kitty, as in "Mommy, wipe the kitty feathers off my dress!"

Lady - The dress-like thing that you wear to bed, as in "Mommy, can I wear my lady?"

Holder - The 'handle' part of the broccoli, as in "Mommy, I ate the holder!" (a big accomplishment!)

And of course, don't forget the Air Porch, which is that place where airplanes land.

When galloping her imaginary horse up a rather steep hill and pausing to catch her breath, "My horse is tired!!"

The other day I started singing the "Chin Up" song from Charlotte's Web, and Heike informed me that I was not allowed to sing it, because I'm not a spider.

And one from Brannan, who, for months would constantly refer to "the buddy". For the life of me I could not figure out who the buddy was, and he talked about the buddy all the time. "The buddy fixed our car." "The buddy is on the phone." " I saw the buddy at church." Then I finally had a lightbulb moment when an ambulance passed us, and he said "They're goin' to help the buddy!" The buddy = somebody!! "They're going to help somebody." "Somebody fixed our car." Life made so much more sense after that!