When you just can't find the right word

You know when you are trying to explain something and you just can't find the right word?  Happens to me a lot.  It was constant when I was pregnant and is a fairly regular occurrence now that two pregnancies have turned my brain to mush!

However, it seems as though it happens even to those amongst us that have not suffered pregnancy and mommy brain mush syndrome.  Leighton had a good case of it the other day.  I am SO glad I was around for this conversation.  Well, Riley didn't say much so it wasn't really a conversation.  But, you know what I mean.  I can't think of another word for it!

May 18, 2012
Leighton: Those are your nipples.  Niiiii-ppp-les.
Riley: (Looks at her brother.  Looks at her nipples where he is pointing.  Says nothing.)
Leighton: Your nipples are little.  Mommy's are big.
Riley: (some sort of consonant blend that may or may not have been 'little')
Leighton: When you get bigger, they will turn into ... (pause) .... turn into ... (pause) ... those ... (pause while he searches for the right word) ... milk feeders!
Mommy: (covers her mouth to stifle the giggles)

I still laugh while I replay that in my head.

Leighton comes up with a lot of conversational gems.  I am trying to be good at writing them down, but sadly I sometimes forget.  Here are a couple from the last week that I recorded though.

May 13 2012

At dinner Leighton said he is going to run across Canada (we've been talking about running in the Olympics). Roy remembered that there is a page in the 'M is for Maple' book about Terry Fox running across Canada, so he asked if Leighton was going to be like Terry Fox. In a very matter of fact way, Leighton says “No, I am only going to run half way.” 

May 16 2012

When Leighton got home from playing with Mihal across the street, he told me bits and pieces of what they did over the last hour. After a while we were playing cards and I said, “So you watched TV and did some art. What else did you do?” He said, “We played getting married.” He was shy to say it and I started asking questions. This is how it went ..

M: So how do you play getting married?

L: We had a wedding.

M: Who got married?

L: Me and Mihal.

M: And was Liat at the wedding?

L: No she was cooking.

M: So what did you do for the wedding?

L: We had rings. They have a baskets of rings and bracelets and necklaces. And a whole different one with rings and bracelets. And we dressed up.

M: What did you wear?

L: I wore a fireman hat. Mihal wore one of those things ladies wear over their faces at weddings.

M: A veil.

L: A veil. And she wore a pretty dress.

M: And then what did you do?

L: We didn't kiss or anything like that like at real weddings. We just switched rings. And lots of dancing.

M: So you got dressed up and switched rings.

L: Well we didn't switch rings. Mihal for some reason decided she didn't want to.

M: So you dressed up and danced lots?

L: Yeah.

M: Sounds like a fun wedding!