Aliens: Mysterious persons who tend to move, lose, make dirty, or otherwise destroy items that are needed.
Big Bed: D and I's bed. Honored area of pow wows, reading, hide dark, snuggling, tickling, talking, dressing, dancing, jumping, and occasionally...sleeping. Acknowledged center of our home.
Canadian Bacon: Any kind of pork. Said in deference to Piglet, G1's favorite toy, as an assurance that it isn't any of her (yes, in G1's world Piglet is a girl) relatives that we are eating.
Carnubian Chow Beast: Used when watching in wonder as G1 manages fill her hollow leg or stuff her mouth past the full point. Lately has been used to describe M as well. Oddly enough...G2 is our picky eater.
Center of the Universe: Current baby.
"Ehhhh, Wrong, F!": Favorite phrase of one of D's professors. Now a cherished phrase used when one of the children is trying to pull a fast one.
"Exterminate!": We are probably the only family on this earth whose version of Old MacDonald includes Daleks, whales, and rocks.
Dance of the Fanciful Unicorn: As any Dexter's Lab aficionado can tell you...this is the dance of Dee Dee. This is also what we call any fanciful footwork/artwork/playing around that G1 produces and insists we watch. I think we may have to hold onto this one for M.
Froth: A mostly one sided conversation where the speaker gets verbally worked up to the point of a fine tizzy of articulation. Usually (but, not always) rearing it's head during discussions about politics, basketball, the Minnesota Vikings, history, and online games. Any guesses as to the main frother in our home?
Gabius the Delayer: A play on G1's name and D's favorite Roman general, Fabius the Delayer. Term first used as a proper noun to describe G1 and her penchant for spinning out bedtime routines, but has since taken on a life of it's own. Any kind of dillydallying done by the children is now honored with this term...in all it's forms. Gabian, gabiussing, to gabius, etc.
Hide Dark: Time honored (it started with G1) game where D and one of the Gs hide under the covers on the big bed (see definition above) and the other G tickle attacks them. Occasionally Mom gets to be the tickle-meister.
Hoover: What we call M. That child constantly finds stuff on the floor that even a microscope would have trouble seeing...and pops it into her mouth faster than I can say, "NOOOOOOOO!!!"
Localized Earthquakes: Phenomenon where only our house (and usually only one small spot in our house) is plagued by an earthquake. These earthquakes tend to only occur when D is around. Hmmmm.
Pagan: What D calls himself whenever he wants to get my goat. Get it? Goat?! Bwa ha ha haaaaa!
"Pines": Literally, D's index finger. Originally meant as a play on words when D was playing with G1...his "poke you pine" (say it fast) was such a hit (well, it produced a lot of "DAAAAAADDDDYYY!!") that it took on a life of it's own. We now have a whole family of "pines". The "tickle pine", the "kissing pine", the "wet willy pine", and the "steal your dessert pine" have all joined with the original...with new "pines" showing up as the need (or opportunity) arises.
Scenic Route: The slowest way home. Chosen by D for it's winding roads, verdant hills, abundant wildlife, and the ability to annoy the heck out of me. Also synonymous with, "we're lost".
Silly: Our family one-size-fits-all adjective.
Teefers: Teeth. What did you think it meant?!
"Ting": Said with a ring in your voice, a beatific look on your face, and your hands forming a halo above your head. I should say, said by D with a ring in his voice, a beatific look on his face, and his hands forming a halo above his head. He thinks we won't notice that he's being naughty if he does this...but, we've got his number.
Wub: Love...but, not sentimental love. Love that teases, tickles, bear hugs escaping children, covers their faces in kisses as they scream in protest, etc.--but, always in good fun. "Pines" fall under this type of loving.
