When Abigail was two, she started calling Chik-Fil-A Chick-a-Lay.  She continued this until she was four. Of course, we all thought it was cute, so we called it Chick-a-Lay, too.  That is, until a few months ago when Abigail firmly corrected me.  “Mama, it’s not Chick-a-Lay, it’s CHICK, FIL, AAAAAAA.”  I laughed, but felt a little twinge of sadness that she was starting to lose some of her babyisms.

I realized yesterday that I’m starting to forget some of her Abigailisms…those things that she says that are so cute and funny that I swear I’ll remember them always.  Apparently, my memory it not all that I think it is.  And I want to remember.  Always remember.  The only way I know to do that is to write it down.  I may have lost some of her sayings, but luckily, she still has an arsenal of funny quotes.

Here are two my favorites right now:

She’s always in a hurry (except when I want her to be in a hurry).  She likes to get things done in a “jippy”.  As in, “Mama, if you hurry up and do the dishes, we’ll be done cleaning in a jippy and then we can play!”

She calls headphones Ear Muffins.  I can tell you how much this makes me laugh.  I chuckled now just typing it.  Ear Muffins!  I love this girl and all the funny things she says!