Wednesday, February 4, 2009

What's in a name?

Reading 'All by Myself' (by Mercer Mayer) before bed tonight:

Me: "Do you know this little boy's name?"
O: "No..."
Me: "It's Little Critter. Can you say that? Say Critter..."
O: "Quittler...?"
Me: "Little Crit-ter"
O: "Little Quitter"
Me: "Good job! Do you know your name?"
O: "Owen!"
Me: "That's right...Owen Lister"
O: "Owen Lister!"
Me: "Owen Edward Lister"
O: "No, I'm Owen Lister."
Me: "Ok! Do you know Daddy's name?"
O: "Richie!"
Me: "Richie Lister"
O: "No, Daddy's name is Richie Daddy"
Me: "And my name is Anna Lister"
O: "No, you are Mommy. Anna Mommy."
Me: "And Uncle Jeremy's name is Jeremy Lister"
O: "No, I'm the Lister. I'm Owen Lister!"

Well, it's a start! :)

1 comment:

Callie said...

that's hilarious...I love reading these. Keep posting them. They always make me laugh. Such a cute, sweet boy!