Playtime, Lessons & Discoveries

While playing with Little Dude this morning, a huge question came up. What is the plural form of octopus? I began to think of the possible answers. Octopi...which sounds like a bad dessert. Octopuses...which just sounds weird. I didn't know the answer! I'd like for my son to have good grammar so I try to use the correct form of words except when I'm doing the baby talk voice. I ended up just saying "Are you playing with your octopus toys", but it has been bugging me ever since!

Wikipedia to the rescue. While most people would say that Octopi is the plural form, that is wrong. -i is the Latin plural for the -us ending. Octopus is a Greek derived word. Therefore the correct plural form of octopus is ....and I kid not... Octopodes. To me, this sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. "Attack of the Octopodes" and "Octopodes from Outer Space" come to mind. Needless to say, my child will be hearing the now commonly used and accepted octopuses. Or I might just stick to calling them the octopus toys since I wasn't pleased with the answer! hah!

Little Dude made a discovery yesterday: his thumb. He now sometimes sucks on just his thumb, instead of 2 or 3 fingers. It is absolutely, positively a-dor-able. Can this kid do anything that *isn't* cute? I think not, but I'm a little biased. Speaking of biased, his Grammy and Grampa came by yesterday to spoil visit him. He was quite the talkative little man, as usual. They enjoyed playing with him and spending time with him. It is so fun seeing his personality emerge. I think we have a very happy and well loved baby!