Toddler Dictionary

Who can resist chuckling when chatting with a 2-year-old. They have their own unique way of communicating, as they learn different words and create their own language sometimes. Drew is no exception. In fact sometimes you need a Drew-dictionary to know what the heck he's talking about.

So here are are a few of what I'll call "Drew-ims".

• Waden - also known as baden. You and I call it water

• Johnny - also known as The Wiggles, Yellow Wiggle, Sam or Greg

• "Dahhhhdeeeee" while looking in the bathroom drawer handles - this is a game Drew has played while looking at himself in the bathroom fixtures since he was about 9 months old. Still entertaining after almost a year and a half.

• Overdere - also known as over there

• Geeboo - also known as peek-a-boo, which he does know how to say
  

• Big Slide, Little Slide - the bump in the road as you cross a particular intersection near our house and go up the hill. The "bump" causes him to jump a little in his seat, and likely his little tummy does a little maneuver, which causes him to giggle and say "big slide" and then the second part of the hill (without any tummy tingling bumps) is "little slide".
  

• Manny - also known as Manny Ramirez of the Dodgers, or any baseball player who is up to bat for that matter.
  

• Pinners or Spinners - Otherwise known as windmills or pinwheels
  

• Hit It - This means he wants to play baseball with you, and you will likely be the batter

• Ookiepook - Drew's male "organ"

• Boogoo - see ookiepook

• Da - wooden spoon. You can often see Drew taking the "da" out of the dishwasher or drawer yelling "daaaaaaa" around the house.

• Booger Eye - (said in the whiniest voice possible) this means tears are in his eyes and preventing him from having his normal vision. And it's also a request for you to wipe the tears.

He's coming up with more and more Drew-isms every day. I'll continue to gather some of the best for future posts.

But I leave you with a great story from yesterday morning. I was in the bathroom getting ready for work, and Drew comes walking in, and says "Mama, you awesome".

I chuckled (proudly of course) and said "Aww baby you're awesome too". To which Drew left me to continue playing. Do you think he'll still feel the same when he's 15?