Bleep, and other 'it' words

This week, I discovered potty words are not all bad.  Like fire, they are tools, and can be used for good or evil.

Big is learning to read, and we were doing rhyming words.  We had had an accidental discovery of what happens when you put 'sh' in front of 'it'.  A quick switch to 'at' words lead to a similar...issue, shall we say, only in the past tense.  This lead to an explanation of what the word was, and WHY IT WAS VERY BAD IDEA TO USE IT.  ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOL.  OR IN PUBLIC.  (Pretty pretty please, not in the Starbucks, with a venti on top. )

This ensured, of course, that Big thought this was the funniest word EVER.

So I let the kid have one minute to talk to his grandpa using the word 'poop' and 'toilet' as many times as he could.  Completely distracted him.

Awesome!

We're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Little is not quite 17 months, but thinks she's two.  Her most frequently used word is 'no', of course, and she throws the cutest little temper tantrums, with little legs flailing.  (But don't tell her I said so.)

Husband brought home pretzels, which Little ADORES. 

Little: (Pointing to prezels) Dis?
Me:  Ok, you can have one if you say 'pretzel'.
Little: (pause) tzl?
Me:  Good JOB!

Little finishes pretzel, wants another.
Little: Dis?
Me: Ok, say pretzel.
Little: Dis?
Me: No, say pretzel.  I know you can.
Little: No.  Dis?
Me: No, pretzel.
Little: DIS?
Me:Nope.  If you want a pretzel, you've got to say it.
Little: NO.
Me: Please will work too.
Little: No.
Me:  You're out of luck then.
Little: No.
Me: No, you're not out of luck?  What are you going to do then?
Little: Daddy.

Oh, and Little thinks the proper place to store silly bands is under her chin. She keeps forgetting though, that to keep them there, she's got to look down.  She's always a bit suprized when they don't stay.