bumpy shape

matthew and rachel were in town last weekend, so we went to see the whole k clan at rachel’s sister sarah’s house. it was great to see them, and we got to see how much miles had grown. plus we got to meet jude, who’s an adorable little running roughneck. which is good, because he can survive miles using him as a jungle gym.

miles let us know that when snapper is having a hard time feeding and fussing while nursing, the proper term is, “she’s in bumpy shape!”. also acceptable: “she’s in squiggly shape!” hmc’s been reading the scientist in the crib, and says that this is a good illustration of the child development they describe: miles is learning grammar and understands how to make adjectives out of nouns. but since he doesn’t have the experience to know what is idiomatic, he comes up with phrases that logically make sense, but sound odd and end up hilarious. of course, he’s just saying that the nursing is not going smoothly. the opposite of smooth is bumpy. thus, she’s in bumpy shape!

as we were leaving, miles said to me, “goodbye, groovy man!” and then he said to hmc, “you’re too spongey for me!”

word.