Katy's Dictionary

"Doughnut"

Overheard by Mama at 3am in the morning...

"Dada, Dada, you forgot to put my doughnut on. I really want you to put my doughnut on."

Mama drifts back to sleep wondering "what is Katy's doughnut?"..."must be that nursing pillow that is crescent-shaped".

Several days later, Mama tucks Katy into bed for her nap and Katy says "Mama, I want my doughnut"...pointing to her...
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DOONA!
And the penny clicks.
M: "Oh, your doona."
K: "Yes, my doughnut."

"Wee Waugh"

K: "Mama, how come when I hurt my knee, the wee waugh didn't come to get me?"
[Mama looks completely baffled.]
Tia says "Katy calls the ambulance the wee waugh".
M: "Oh, because you have to be really really sick before the wee waugh comes."
K: "Oh, but Dada has been really really sick, how come the wee waugh doesn't come to get him?"
M: "Oh, because you have to be really really sick and need to go to the hospital."
K: "But when we were in Minnesota, d'you remember that Dada was sick and had to go to the hospital, how come the wee waugh didn't come"
M: "Oh, because Mama had a car and it was quicker for me to take Dada to hospital than to wait for the wee waugh."
K: "But why?"
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a few days later
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"Katy, what do you call the ambulance again? The woo woo? The waa waa?"
"No, I call it the ambulance."
[But she still calls it the wee waugh, as do we all. This is a useful term for all vehicles with sirens, including the fire truck. The whole family has adopted this terminology now.]