Upon Closer Inspection

My children frequently speak to me in their own charming little language.  Although in their attempts at learning to use proper language they resort to non-sensical words, I generally understand the point of their infantile communication.  Truthfully, I have a tendency to "hear through" the words they actually use, to the words they are mimicking.


Naturally, when Lily returns my proclamations of love, and declares her own toward me, I hear her saying, "I love you."


Only recently, upon closer inspection, did I come to the realization that rather than "love," she was in fact saying, "butt."


As in, "I butt you, Mami."

Thank you ever so.   


I butt you too, kid.





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