Ten Chirpy Chicks!

Nicholas always reads a few books before bedtime with Daddy, and occasionally Mommy is lucky enough to read with him, too, when she's not out visiting the horses during the bedtime ritual. Today, Mommy was home and Nicholas chose Ten Chirpy Chicks as his first bedtime book. Mommy and Daddy teach Nicholas various things throughout different books, and one of the main points in this book is that at the end of the book, the chicks return to their chicken coop. Nicholas usually points to the coop and says, "Who's dat?!" Then, we explain that it's the chicken's house, which is called a coop.

Finally, tonight while Nicholas was reading the final page of Ten Chirpy Chicks, he triumphantly announces, "Chicken Poop." Mommy was slightly confused and asked, "What was that?!" Nicholas repeats, "Chicken Poop," and points to the coop. He pronounced it so very clearly as though he was trying so hard to say it exactly right!! Mommy tried to stifle her laughter while trying to reiterate that it is indeed a Chicken Coop! Meanwhile, Daddy was shaking his head at Mommy's silly sense of humor.

:o) I'm still laughing!!!

Later, of course, Nicholas put me in my place when he showed me a dinosaur cut-out from a book saying, "Saracosaurus." Mommy corrected him again, saying that it was actually a Triceratops, while this other dinosaur was a Stegosaurus. Then, upon further investigation in the book, I learned that Nicholas was indeed showing me a "Styracosaurus"!! In my defense, they don't make Triceratops like they used to!! :o) Way ta go, Nicholas!!