Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Jackieism

Tonight I was in Jackie's room, patiently waiting for her to read with me as she flitted around doing whatever five-year-olds do when they're really supposed to be sitting still.

At one point, she began coughing in an effort to dislodge some phlegm in her throat. (Is there some slang way of describing this type of coughing? How about non-slang?)

"Jackie, are you o.k.?" I asked. "Do you need a drink?"

"No, mom," cough, cough, she answered. "Don't worry, I just have a frog in my throw-up."

3 comments:

The State of Our Family said...

Fabulous! Kids are great for funny little isms. I love that blogs help us keep track of the funny things they say and do. :) Mandi

Mrs. Taber said...

ew! and funny at the same time. I use "hacking" to describe coughing like that. "What are you hacking up now?!" :D

naomi said...

A frog in her throw-up? sounds...odd