Nickname Retaliation

This past Sunday the girls got into a little shouting match over nicknames for each other. Throughout their lives so far the girls have had a variety of nicknames. Most of which come from their inability to pronounce each other's name. At four they have the complete ability to say Amelia and Natalie however at times all of us (Mike and I included) get lazy and resort back to the toddler nicknames from the past.

To add to this story the new thing in our house is to rhyme. The girls love to try and find rhyming words for just about anything.

Knowing that...here is the dialog that happened this weekend:

Amelia: "Nat, Nat, Nat..."

Natalie: "That's not my name. My name is Na-Ta-Lie!" (she makes sure we all pronounce the
"Ta" part clearly...or else!)

Amelia: (teasing her sister even more) "Nat, Nat, Nat"

Natalie: "THAT"S NOT MY NAME!"

Amelia: (sing-song like) "Nat, Nat, Nat the Bat!"

Natalie: (offended) "Don't call me Nat the Bat!"

Amelia: (goading her sister even more) "Nat, Nat, Nat the Bat!"

Natalie: (In retaliation) "I am not Nat the Bat! If you call me that then I am going to call
you......................OATMEAL!"

And at that point all the aggravation I had about this yelling match melted away in a fit of laughter. : )

Unfortunately the name calling in our house is not always kind. For some reason the girls have picked up on the word "ugly" and occasionally use it against each other. The only funny part of this new pastime in our house is the fact that the girls don't realize the power of their words when they say....

"Well, I am going to call you UGLY"

Ummm, honey...you are identical sisters...you look the same.....

Yeah, they don't quite get that part yet! ; )