Quiz

Whoa- it's been a long time since that last post. We just wanted to give you plenty of time to read all of that! :) I'll try to post again immediately with some new pictures of you-know-who, but in the meantime, here's a quick quiz to see how well you can interpret and translate Noranese, the language of two-year-olds (to her credit, her talking is coming along very well, she just has some random words that are way out there):

1) "Hepacocker"
2) "Hosh"
3) "Hep-hup"
4) "Cake Yong"
5) "Yo-E-Yo"
6) "Ree-rup"
7) "Ning Nyong"

Answers: (Don't cheat!)
1) Helicopter
2) Turtle... though she's starting to correct herself and say "turtle." We have absolutely no idea where this came from or why "hosh" became the word for turtle for so long! Give yourself 5 bonus points if you got this one right
3) Ketchup
4) Cake Song -- give yourself some bonus points if you figured out that this is the Birthday Song by the Beatles ("You say it's your birthday!...") It is far and away her favorite song, and she cannot hear it enough. When we play it I just put the CD on repeat, but have convinced her that I am magic. When the song is ending, we wiggle our fingers towards the radio, say "MORE CAKE SONG -- KAZAAAM!" and -- tadaahhh!-- it starts over from the beginning. Every time this happens Nora says "It works!" and keeps dancing.
5) Radio
6) Syrup -- yep, she gets some with her waffles, but she eats a ton so I don't feel too guilty about it.
7) 1000 points if you figured this one out: Dirty Laundry. Again, no clues where this came from or why it has stuck. Nora's job after a meal is to throw the bib into her dirty clothes hamper, and then we give high fives all around for a job well done. For a while now, she has referred to this job and the dirty clothes as "ning nyong." Is she bilingual?

If you got any of these right, write to me and let me know (or post a comment). We'll be calling you the next time Nora is crying and talking unintelligibly and you can translate for all of us. :)