Marshmallow!

Our three-year old, I'll call him "the boy", went through a phase recently in which he thought "Marshmallow!" was an imprecation (kind of like saying "Haley Scarnato!") that would get a rise out of people, his parents in particular.

He picked it up from a video called "Arthur" which is really geared for children a little older than him so we don't let him watch that series anymore. A girl character on the show got very mad at the protagonist because she was wearing a white outfit and thought that Arthur said she looked like a marshmallow.

So whenever the boy got mad at me or his mom, he would look at us and say, "Marshmallow!" in an angry, yet unintentionally cute and comedic tone. I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing.

Unfortunately, he moved on from that to "shut up" and that doesn't sound quite so cute nor comedic. He got in a lot of trouble for that so at least that was a short-lived phase.

But every so often, he tests the waters by mouthing the words without vocalizing them. He will learn quickly that I can read lips!