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In reply to the discussion: Please add the funniest/most adorable things children have called things that have stuck in your family [View all]Kali
(56,336 posts)86. garjub - garbage
and sea gultures for seagulls. that is about all I can remember. son did once announce to a family gathering that ROACHES are what goes into an ashtray. thankfully, the straight people thought he meant cockroaches and it kind of made sense.
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Please add the funniest/most adorable things children have called things that have stuck in your family [View all]
MLAA
May 2024
OP
Love it Erika-ginger. We are now running our Erika-ginger around the clock as we should hit our first 100 degree day
MLAA
May 2024
#44
I love it. Your mom must have loved it as well as she didn't lose it in those 88 years. 🙂
MLAA
May 2024
#50
As a baby they called me Tinka Babe. Cuz my older bro couldn't say Stinky baby.
LakeArenal
May 2024
#29
We were on vacation at the beach with our two grands in the back of the car.
FalloutShelter
May 2024
#33
Much more fun than here you go. Diddle do the mash potatoes! Diddle do the remote control .
MLAA
May 2024
#79