Little Fishy

Like I've said before, I'm trying to remember funny or great stories from the past and document them before I forget them. So we will go back to the time when we first got A. She had turned 3 a few months before, so, as you can imagine, our new little 3 year old talked so cute. She didn't say her r's (still doesn't and she's 6). Her "r" sounded more like the "y" sound, and her "ck" was a "t" sound. So when she said, I like your car....it sounded like......I lite youwr tie. Her "g" sounded like a "d". So when she said...."good job".......it sounded like......"dood job"
I know we are supposed to really help kids talk right, but it is so cute when they don't. I know, I know......it isn't going to be cute if they still talk that way when they are 18, but it was really cute at age 3. Her little raspy voice just made it all the cuter!
Also, her "f" sounded like a "b" and her "sh" had more of the "ch" sound. So, with all of this in mind, let me tell you a little story about this little girl, and every time she speaks in the story, you have to read it out loud and pronounce it as she would..........if you don't do it, the story just won't be that good. Also, when you are saying her lines, you have to say it in a raspy little voice. Ok, so you don't have to do the raspy little voice, but you do have to pronounce things the way she would.
We got A beginning of March, and we went to my aunt's house for Easter. I'm thinking this was their(aunts, uncles and cousins) first time to meet A, but even if wasn't their first time to meet her, it was their first time to be around her for very long at all. So, my aunt got the girls a little fishy game........the game where the little fish "swim" around and you have to catch them with the little poles. Of course the girls wanted to play the game. "Please tan I play the dame?"
So we let them play. M and A were playing at the table, and we were all around, not really paying attention, but just talking, relaxing, etc. I hear M say: "You better come here ya little fishy. I'm gonna get you ya little fish!"
Of course, A wants to mimic everything that her oldest sister does, so she repeated everything. Now, just remember all of the pronunciation rules I stated earlier, and imagine you are us......sitting around just kind of listening.
This is what we hear: "Tome here you little fish ("f" ="b" sound and "sh" = "ch" sound) I'm donna det you ya little fish." It took us all a while to figure out that she was talking about a fish, not a naughty word!

Fast forward a few months to August. Autumn asked the girls what they wanted to get me for my birthday. A was VERY quick to decide EXACTLY what she wanted to get me. "a birthday party and a fish". Remember the proununciation rules.....Autumn forgot the Easter incident and apparently we didn't talk about fish alot, so Autumn did not recognize the "fish" word. Autumn had her repeat her wishlist a few times, and every time, it sounded the same. Why in the world would A want to get THAT, and how does she know that word anyway??? So my birthday passed, and A got me a birthday party. No fish. Autumn just couldn't understand what she wanted. It wasn't until a couple of months later that A was looking in some water that had tadpoles in it and she was saying: "I'm donna det you little fish". Autumn realized that she really wanted to get me a fish..........not the other thing!