Friday, November 28, 2008

Prepositional Confusion

The post-Thanksgiving sales commercials came on last night.
"Toys For Us," Miles yelped, recognizing his favorite store.

Miles learns new songs at day care every week.
"Who let the dogs down?" he hoots now while in the shower.

One of his favorite pre-schooler shows is The Backyardigans. "It's O-tay to me," he might say, "if we watch Back-on-agains."

Other popular nomenclature mishaps:

The very hungry caterpillar, according to author Eric Carle, eats and eats and then builds a little home from which he will emerge as a butterfly. This home, according to Miles, is called a Racoon.