Like most toddlers, Theo says some pretty funny things always inadvertently. Often he’s just mimicking me in the wrong context or simply trying something out. Recently, he’s taken to greeting everyone with “RAWR!” about 2 inches from their face, and last week, he called my friend’s septuagenarian father “Dad” all afternoon. It’s confusing out there in toddler-land.
Reading the paper sideways.
- Christmas dinner noting a large turkey: “Oh! Chicken, it’s a BIG one!”
- To my brother-in-law: “Um … Uncle Darlene?”
- In bed: “Gugu?” No. “Juice?” No. “Water?” No. “Snack? Car? Drumming? Running? …”
- Time’s up: Mark: “Ten minutes, and we’re going to lie down.” Theo: “No! Four minutes!”
- Getting to the root of Theo’s eating issues: “No like food!”
- Seeing the sun for the first time in a month: “Mama, Moon! Moon!”
- At a coffee shop: “Hey lady! Latte!”
- Ordering breakfast at the Aquarium: Theo: “BACON!” Me: Um .. excuse me. Theo: “Oh. Bacon peese.”
- At Granville Island: “Mom? I want eat birds?” (He wanted to feed the pigeons.)
- After recently seeing a photo of a Christmas light display: “I wanna go to Christmas!”
- Upon seeing a man with white hair and a short beard. “Ho-ho? … Dat ho-ho?” (He calls Santa ho-ho).
- In the car: “What’s an eee-it?” (idiot)
- At a Japanese restaurant: “Pickles! Lookit! Pickles!” (We finally noticed a large bowl of lollipops).
- General: “Oh my God; that’s crazy.”
What kooky things do your little kids say [insert novel]?
Love it! Theo is quite the little character, it’s awesome.
My nephew calls turkey “chicken-pig.”
“I want eat birds?” just about laid me flat. Thanks, Theo!
My kids at 4 and 6 are pretty comprehensible these days, but the toddlerese was fantastic. “Coke” for “milk” for example. My eldest did that for a year.
Two recent sweet ones (five years old now!): Canadian Tire is “Canadian Tiger” and yesterday we had fun during “Apples Fools day”, which seems to be continuing today: “Mummy, Mummy I’m bleeding!!…. Apple Fools!”
MILK! I WANT MILK!
What’s the magic word?
NOW!
we were initially confused with “me-oh”
until we found out he was calling for the cat, and in fact saying meow
proof http://youtu.be/_xyFZAQbu6E
I like the “ee-it” one (gee, wonder who says that?
) and the one at the japanese restaurant. He is so funny! 
The last one made me giggle, recalling my son’s preferred expression of surprise/bemusement: “Geez louise!” It sounds much more pleasing from his lips than mine.
Toddlers are hilarous! I’ve never laughed more than I have the last year or so. Here are a few language related ones from the last few months:
My son also thinks the sun & moon are the same thing.
Seeing a chihuahua in a park the other day he shouted, “Cat!”
Our efforts to get him to stop ripping or biting the houseplants have worked but the prohibition in his mind seems to extend to foods too. When I offer him lettuce, kale or spinach, he’ll say, “No! Plant!”
Sprout also uses moon for any glowing orb in the sky (or in books, most of which seem to be about moons & going to bed).
At the park on the weekend he saw a chihuahua & shouted, “Cat!”
Our efforts to stop him eating or ripping the houseplants have succeeded, but with some overgeneralization of the prohibition. When offered lettuce, kale or spinach, he will refuse, saying, “No! Plant!”
Son (4yrs at the time) going to the bathroom and daughter (6ish) in bathroom doing something else. She looks at him and says : “Oh J you have such a cute penis!” He explains that the difference between boys and girls is that boys have a penis. She agrees with him and goes on to explain in a very authorative voice that boys have a penis and girls have a ‘her’gina (vagina).
When our son was about two cucumbers were “pick-a-pick” (this comes out of absolutely know where!) and Pinocchio was “Poco-noy-o” Ahh … such fun memories
Aw .. so cute that little pick-a-pick
Those Theo-isms are simply awesome. I have a page on my blog that lists all the crazy stuff my kids said when they were younger. One of my favorites, voiced by my then 5YO: “Dad, you want me to give you a Chinese wedgie? (DH: What’s a Chinese wedgie?) Dipsy: It’s when I put a taco in your pants.”
I love it. Meg has taken to saying “Oh, for Christssake.”
HAHAHA! The time thing always happens around here. I’ll say X minutes and he says a time increment that doesn’t benefit him. Kids are funny. I love “I want eat birds?”
Apparently my dtr doesn’t like my singing because when I do sing she tells me “No No No, Enough!” (she’s two going on ten).