Hug-o, Clap, Clap, and Coughsez

Sophia has this new habit of adding "o" to the end of everything she says. Today at breakfast after she tasted the apple raisin oatmeal bake, she said, "Yuck-O!" She used to say, "Huggie" when she wanted a hug, but now it's "Hug-O!" Other words that she alters include: hurt-o, toe-o, head-o. I think you get the pattern.

Olivia has decided that clapping after she asks someone to do something will some how make them more likely to act or maybe act faster. She'll say to Sophia, "Get the cups!" followed with a clap, clap, clap. Or she'll say to me, "More toast!" clap, clap. I've tried to explain to her that this isn't the most effective way to get what you want and that it sounds bossy, but she just doesn't see it, yet.

Sophia has developed another interesting speech pattern. I can't think of the name of the rule that she is over-generalizing, but it has to do with making words plural. Instead of saying "ghosts", she says "ghostez". "Coughs" is "coughsez". To plural the word "leaf", she says, "Leafsez." I'll be sad when this phase ends.

So far this Halloween season has proven to be quite fun with the girls. They are so excited for the festivities that they can hardly contain themselves. Their Grandma Kaul kindly made them sparkly tutus for their butterfly costumes this year. Needless to say, the girls were THRILLED when they came in the mail! Today, we bought fancy butterfly wings, wands and necklaces to add to their costumes. On the way home from the costume store, Olivia kept saying, "Sophia is going to just LOVE her new wings!" I think this may have been her way of saying that she, too, loved her new wings.

Two nights ago we discovered a Trick or Treat bag filled with goodies hanging from the doorknob of our front door. Along with the candy was a note explaining that we'd been BOO'd, and we would need to carrying on the surprise by hanging a bag of candy on someone elses door, ringing their doorbell and running. You would have thought we were planning a trip to Disneyland. They thought this was very cool! Thank you to whomever BOO'd us first. This brought a lot of joy to our house!

Photos and an update will hopefully be posted soon after Halloween so that you can see the girls all decked out in their butterfly regalia.