We're Off To See The Lizard

About a week ago I ordered a copy of The Wizard of Oz on DVD. After the Mummer's Parade where Zoe made two great new friends out of the flying monkeys, I thought it would be a good idea to show here where they came from. She patiently sat through the whole thing and enjoyed the music and the characters. In the few days we've owned the movies, she's probably watched it over a dozen times.

Around the third or fourth watching we had a conversation about how to pronounce the title of the movie. The back and forth went something like this:

Zoe: We're watching the Lizard of Oz.
Me: No sweetheart, it's a W. It's the Wizard of Oz.
Zoe: No. The Lizard of Oz.
Me: It's a W peanut. Wa-Wa-Wa-Wizard of Oz.
Zoe: Wa-Wa-Wa-Lizard of Oz.
Me: *shakes his head*

She has gotten in to this habit, when she's feeling silly, to call things by there wrong name. After I pick her up and we're waiting for Cheryl to get out of the office, she'll say as every stranger walks by, "There's mommy!" to which I am obligated to reply, "That's not mommy!" at which point she is obligated to do her big, fake laugh.

She's grown in to quite a pickle from the peach she started out as and if this is any indication, I'm in for a whole world of trouble as time goes on. I can't wait!

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