I Say We Keep ‘Em.

London’s speaking abilities are really coming along lately. It seems like just in the past few weeks her vocabulary and pronunciation have mushroomed to a pretty impressive level.

That being said, however, there are still a few…”stragglers” in her word repertoire.

And they’re stinking cute.

Here are my favorite 3:

• Banana: “Ba-nahh”
• Zebra: “Zee-bee”
• Naked: “Nay-kee”

Jennifer and I have never been big on encouraging baby talk. But come on—I don’t think I can part with these three gems. It’s going to be a sad day for me when London actually says them right.

Am I a bad dad if I just say those words that way for the next couple of years?

My Daughter—Master of Walking The Fine Line Between Inappropriate and Hilarious

Two nights ago, our family went to the Opryland Hotel to check out the incredible light displays. While we were walking through the atrium, we stopped to let London (our just barely 2-year-old) play at a fountain. Before long, a few kids had come up to play in the same spot, and one of them was a little Hispanic girl.

London looked at her and immediately shouted, “Dora! Dora! Dora!”

London then began running from an imaginary Swiper the fox, yelling “Swiper, no swiping! Swiper no swiping!”

I think the girl was confused.

…Not sure if all of this was adorable, mildly racist, or some strange combination of the two. But I’m counting it as a celebrity sighting at Opryland.