A few weeks ago we were asking our kids what kinds of things they'd like to have in a house. Alina and Journie said things like a slide that goes from the upstairs to the downstairs and a big play room. Then we asked Olivia.... She said, "Ummm....a castle....with blue poke-a-nuts." We smiled and giggled at her funny request for a castle with blue coconuts. Where did that come from and since when did she have any interest in coconuts? We even recounted this story to friends. Then today as I was getting her dressed in this shirt we were talking about the horse and she says, "Yeah and he's even got poke-a-nuts!" Then the truth dawned on me....Poke-a-nuts are not coconuts but polka-dots. She wanted a castle with blue polka-dots. While still a little amusing it was not quite such a strange combination as a castle with coconuts. I laughed and laughed. Then asked her to say coconut and she said, "Coconut.". Then I asked her to say polka-dot and of course it was, "Poke-a-nut."
