Ga-taa!

Friday, February 29, 2008

So Emma learned the word "gata" (cat) over the Christmas break, but she didn't start saying it regularly until a couple of weeks ago. We went to dinner at Eric's house, Emmanuel's friend from work, and there were 2 cats and 2 dogs there. Each time she saw a dog or cat, she yelled, "ga-taa!" Ever since then, these are all the "cats" she's met. She pretty much calls any animal or insect, or even President Bush today, gata. We were getting the car waxed the other day, and we were waiting outside. There was a grasshopper on the building post, and I presented it to her as a bug. She didn't want to say bug, I guess, because she just burst out as loud as she could as we were walking away, "gata!" as she pointed to the post. I couldn't help but laugh out loud.