Leatherkid Dictionary - Take 1

On our way to drop the kids off at school yesterday morning, we were stopped by a school bus.  Kids were boarding it, so its stop sign was extended out from the side of the bus, indicating that any passing traffic should… well… stop and not pass.  Of course, we complied.

Cal made note of it – the “sign stop,” he calls it – and then recognized the same sign standing up out of the snow at the end of the street where we turn out of our subdivision.

From this the theme of this post was born – I’ll brain dump some Leatherkidisms and provide a brief definition for each.

Ampew: Ice cube (imagine how long it took me to figure that one out!). (Ella)

App juice: Apple juice. (Ella)

Bah: Zone bar (see S’mores and Whachamacallit – when Cal gets half, Ella gets the other half). (Ella)

Banna: Banana. (Ella)

Caow: Cal. (Ella)

Do it self: Execute the task without assistance (as in “Ya Ya do it self” or “Mommy do it self.”) (Ella)

Elbow: Elbow (included only to illustrate she can say the sound of the first syllable in her name). (Ella)

Fivedy: Fifty; only used when counting down from 100 by 10s. (Cal)

Kerie: Keira, Ella’s friend. (Ella)

Mouses: Mice. (Cal)

Onedy: Ten; only used when counting down from 100 by 10s. (Cal)

O-fer Day-yeh: Over there.  (Ella)

Pato: Potato. (Ella)

Raydits: Raisins. (Ella)

S’mores: Chocolate Fudge Zone bar (the first of two reward choices Cal is given in the morning if he  stayed in bed all night, woke up with a dry Underjam and didn’t suck his thumb; if he does two of the three things, he gets half of a S’mores). (Cal)

Sign stop: Stop sign.  (Cal)

Threedy: Thirty; only used when counting down from 100 by 10s. (Cal)

Tow: Snow. (Ella)

Turn off water?: Turn on the water in the bathtub? (Ella)

Twody: Twenty; only used when counting down from 100 by 10s. (Cal)

Wa-dat?: Accompanied by a pointed finger, inquiry into what something is (as in “what is that?”). (Ella)

Wa-diss?: Similar to “Wa Dat,” inquiry into what something being held is (as in “what is this?”). (Ella)

Whachamacallit: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Zone bar (the second of two reward choices Cal is given in the morning if he  stayed in bed all night, woke up with a dry Underjam and didn’t suck his thumb; if he does two of the three things, he gets half of a Whachamacallit). (Cal)

Ya Ya: Ella (Ella)