Giant Misunderstanding

It is always funny to me when my child misunderstands or mispronounces a word.  It is especially funny when the word is a naughty one.

This morning, while Nana (Mark's mom), the kids, and I were enjoying our bagels at Panera (sitting between tables of business meetings and church groups), Nana turned to Eli and said, "Do you know who has the biggest dimples in the world?"  For a moment Eli looked perplexed.  "You do!", she told him.  With his eyebrows still furrowed, Eli yelled out, "NIPPLES!?"  Nana calmly said, "Dimples" again.  Poor Eli had his hands protectively gathered over the front of his shirt.  I had to explain to him that Nana meant he had the biggest dimples on his cheeks and not the biggest nipples in the world.  It is understandable why he would feel a little distressed at the thought of having the giant nipples.  That can be a pretty rotten stigma, particularly if you are male. 

So if you were sitting in Panera this morning and you heard a small voice shout out "NIPPLES!", be not alarmed.  It was only my son and this is totally within the limits of what we consider normal.