When you have auto-nuts for siblings, hear them say the word almost daily, when you’re surrounded by toy cars and watch cars on TV and on the roads, it’s a near certainty that your first word will be …. CAR.
Not to be upstaged by her brother’s 2nd birthday today, Maya chose this day to utter her first word (or maybe she’s said it a long time ago and we weren’t around to hear it, being full-time working slaves parents that we are).
I first heard her say it this morning as we were about to get ready to leave the house. The kids were watching Playhouse Disney as usual and Ajab said “car” when he saw a car on screen. Then Maya followed suit, but she said it in a voice deeper than her normal babbly voice, perhaps trying to imitate her brother’s way of saying the word.
Then, on the way to the GP (grandparents), she said it again. “Car!”, although it sounded more like “corr” every time I hear it. Yup, all three kids have all said ‘Car’ as their first word. No ‘Mummy’ or ‘Daddy’, because let’s face it, saying ‘Mummy’ is boring and ‘Daddy’ is just lame.
But a “CAAARRR!! Brrroomm, brooom!!” …. it get’s them wide-eyed all the time.
Maybe I should change my name to Ferrari before my kids call out to me.
