Saturday, February 21, 2009

What's in a name?

Hannah has begun calling me "mom." I'm not ready for that, so I have started calling her "Han" in response, which irks her so she goes back to calling me mommy.
On the way home from school the other day, she was talking about my school as we drove by. We started talking about the different names I have. What do you call me? Mommy. What does Daddy call me? Kristen. What do my students call me? Mrs. Harford. I was impressed...
So, then I asked her what different people call her. She busted out with BOOPSY as one of her names. Up until that point, I had never heard the name Boopsy, and I sure wasn't aware of that as a nickname for her. So, I pop open my visor mirror to look at Hannah -- BOOPSY? She just carcked up. From there, she made up a name for me and for Daddy.
Of course, she still won't name her baby dolls, but she's stuck with the same names all week for the three of us.

1 comment:

Lissa Michelle said...

She is getting SO BIG! I love reading your stories about her! And about the zoo run, you can walk with a stroller in the 1 mile only. The 5K and the 10K you can't use strollers. Hopefully I will see you there!