You Don't See That Every Day

Does anyone else catch the irony of this sign?

Update - Did anyone take a stab at the word of the week's meaning?  you'll have to scroll down for the answer. It's been a long time since we've had a word of the week here. But now that little K is becoming more verbal I anticipate more new words in our family vocabulary. This week the word is "bups" courtesy of 15 month old K. So what do you think it means? I'll let you know tomorrow ;) Bups in our household is the way the 1 year old says Books. At least I think that is what she is saying.

It's been awhile since I've had a word of the week to post. And so *Bonus* you get more than one, and they are words relating to the holiday. 1. " shephen " The 5 year old here sings with gusto. Loud and proud. But not always the "correct" words. In a song they learned in church most sing, "The shepherds came to worship" but she sings "the shephens came..." and so now we all sing that way. 2. Activity Scene; "Mom, we saw an Activity scene at church tonight!" - Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus must have been moving around a lot. 3. round of suplause - Grammy likes to ask for a round of applause. Little girl has her own take on it. 4. Jackpot vs plain pot. When we go out looking at Christmas lights, the houses with a ton of lights get the honor of being called a Jackpot. Any house with just a simple string along the gutter was called a Plain-pot. 5. "hervahim"; And finally, the beautiful carol, Silent Night. Most of us k...

Skaminity - noun, meaning "forever, with no end"; in English: "infinity" as in "To skaminity and beyond!" or "I bet it takes skaminity dollars!" The Princess has been introduced to the concept of infinity and has a hard time grasping it - like many of us I would imagine.

Minion meaning, "subordinate; servant" As in " I'll have the minions clean the house. " or " That's why we have these minions, isn't it?" Yes, I have used this wonderful word in my everyday speech this week, more than once even. It's a lovely reason to have 5 kids, if only to use this great word.

Severed Heads -- heard around our place frequently, usually from the Man of the house. for example, this conversation was heard again this week: Daughter: Dad, I want to show you something. Dad: It'd better not be a severed head. and this one: Daughter: Daddy, we bought something today. Dad: If it's a severed head, I'm going to be very upset. Do you know which movie that lines comes from?