As ready as a lever bee

Ah, the nuances of the English language. So hard to decipher. Especially when you’re 7. Or 4.
As a former English minor in college, I cannot let these miscues go unnoticed. No, I must sit there and laugh myself silly, because after all, my kids are so darn cute. In that spirit, I offer you this short tutorial of words and phrases actually spoken by my children this week:

“Go ahead, Mom. I’m as ready as a lever bee.” (Trey)
“Yeah, Mom. I’m as ready as a leper bean.” (Crisana)
“Mommy, your brain has stripes!” (Crisana) – these are also known as forehead wrinkles
“We went to Gaggy-Town on Saturday!” (Crisana)
“I’m going to marry Sky someday. She’s my finyance’.” (Trey)
“I got a thrug bite on my leg!” (Crisana, after she put a foam #3 on her leg on top of a bug bite)

Yup, they’ve definitely got their own ideas about how this language thing works. Maybe someday they’ll figure it out. One thing is for sure, it’ll make for some very interesting essay papers in high school.