Toddler Dictionary

So, someone on facebook put up a "Toddler Dictionary" .. which was a little like tearing the seams of my motherly heart.

I added to her list generously.

• This is what the following terms actually mean to parents of toddlers:
• The Perfect Storm: Toddler in front of visiting la-di-dah guests.

 

• The Merchant of Venice: Toddler trying to get a toy that you promised him/her 2 weeks ago.

 

• The Greek Tragedy: Toddler denied their basic human right to pull your nose while you are trying to change a diaper in a crowded airport rest room after a 12 hour flight.

 

• Illiad and Odyssey: The Stories of our motherly lives.

 

• The Secret Garden: That place in your house where all your clips, pens and other assorted items vanish, but which you will never ever discover until the movers arrive.

 

• What Katy Did: What your child will NEVER do.

 

• Five on a Secret Mission: Toddler with Grandparents

 

• Mahabharata: Two toddlers who want the same toy.

 

• Mission Impossible: An unharried toddler parent

 

• The Avengers: Toddlers whose TV time has been taken from them by "Angry Parents"

 

• Slumdog Millionaire: Toddler's world view of his parents.
• The Godfather: Toddler's worldview of self.

 

• Gone with the Wind: Toddler's look when you ask, "Where is X?" X can be anything from their pyjamas to your diamond ring.

 

• It Happened One Night: 

 

• Ithaca: The parent's worldview of when a child will reach adulthood.

 

• Life is Beautiful: That moment when, at night, the child puts their tiny arms around your neck.

What's your list?