Bennyisms

So Benny has a way of mangling the English language in a really cute way. Shandy and I are always cracking up about what he says and how he says it. He is such a character and just makes me grin constantly. A few selected Bennyisms:

Lemonems with Fernilla

For a while now, Benny has referred to M&M's as lemonems. I met Shandy, Nathan, and he at a gas station last month when I had forgotten my work keys. Benny had graduated from Pre-School earlier that day and Shandy had treated him to a vanilla M&M blizzard from McD's. When I opened the van door, he had a big smile on his face and proudly declared, "Dad, look! I got lemonems with fernilla!"

Fotel

For some reason, Benny gets so excited any time we stay at a hotel. I think it's the pools, and late nights, and restaurants but he always talks about how he wants to go to another "Fotel".

Crab Cruster

Last week, I was taking the boys out to the farm so Mom could watch them (Shandy was gone for the week at Girls Camp). When we were almost to Beacon Light from Star Road, we spotted a crop duster and pulled over on Beacon Light to watch him. The boys thought it was really cool. From the back seat I hear Benny ask, "Dad, who flies the crab cruster?"

Dog Tister

Yesterday we were driving down the road to the Perry's new house and Shandy and I were chatting with Benny.

Me: So what do you want to be when you grow up, Benny?

Benny: A Policeman.

Me: Like Uncle Danny?

Benny: Yeah, or a Dog Tister.

Me: A Dog Tester?

Benny: Yeah.

Shandy: What's that?

Benny: You know, you take the dogs for walks. Have them go poop. Play with them.

Me: Oh, you mean a Dog Sitter.

Benny: Yeah

Even I could...

A lot of Benny's sentences used to begin with "Even I could..."

Me: Hey, Benny, we're going to the park.

Benny: Even I could ride my bike there?

Me: OK, we need to get loaded up. It's time to go camping.

Benny: Even I could roast a hot dog?

Cruise Plans

So we decided this year that instead of Birthday and Christmas presents, we would all take what money we received and put it into a cruise fund for the end of the year. Shandy and I proposed the idea to the boys. We told them about the cruise we took last year, and so we all had a family meeting and decided to do it. When we had made the decision, Shandy and I asked the boys what they would be most excited about on the cruise:

Me: So Seth, what are you most excited about on the cruise?

Seth: The ice cream bar! (You can see his priorities. No talk of going to another country, seeing tropical places, going swimming, etc.)

Me: How about you, August? What are you most excited about?

August: The 24 hour pizza bar! (see above comments about Seth)

Me: Benny, what do you want to do?

Benny: (who gets a dreamy look on his face, a grin, and a little tilt to his head) I want to dance with a pretty girl and kiss her!

Needless to say, Shandy and I were caught between disbelief and laughter. How had our then four year old picked up anything like that from our description of the cruise? I can only guess that when we went on the Carnival Cruise website, some of the pictures had stood out and made more of an impression than others.

As I think of others, I'll post them.