TAAAAAA ruck

So, this week has been hard in the Mikles household. I'll probably share more next week but for now, please remember us in your prayers as we walk a hopeful road.

Now, for a bit of a laugh. Turns out, Justice loves trucks! He loves Mac trucks, dump trucks, toy trucks, trucks you can ride on, vans that he calls trucks, you name the truck, he thinks it's cool.

About a month or so ago, he discovered the word for truck. We had actually just dropped Marty off at the airport and were headed to the car. All the way back to the car he asked, "Wha's tha, Mommy?" Which is his 2 year old version of the question "Why?" Well, that and "Wha's he doin'?" Those two questions never cease. So, anyway, we're walking back to the car and Justice points at a truck and asks, "Wha's that. Mommy?" And I tell him.

Immediately he tries the word out for himself. Here's the problem. Toddlers can't say double consanants. Granny comes out Ganny. Spaghetti comes out sketti. But truck does not come out tuck. It doesn't even come out ruck.

Perhaps this might help you discover how it does come out. When Justice says train, it comes out fain. That's right. Fain. So, when my boy, WHO LOVES TRUCKS says truck, he drops the f bomb. We try to get him to say it correctly. We even break it down into separate sounds - TA Ruck. But then he thinks it's funny and just says the F word even louder.

So, dear readers, please know that Marty and I have not taught our child the worst of the curse words. Not at all. He just simply has a tendency towards a foul mouth.

I suppose it doesn't help that we giggle when he says it.