Pillow Sheets

Kids are cute, you know? Through their curiosity and imagination, we see the innocence that makes them so endearing and even appealing, and along these same lines, their creativity to describe their world has always been a source of fascination, at least to me.

Part of this is their mispronunciations. When Rock Girl was learning to speak, we got a kick out of her words such as chlocate, pliggit (as in the Pooh character, Piglet), aminal, and celluwar. The Socialite still requires some interpretation when she asks for a "cheese girl." Any guesses? That would be a grilled cheese sandwich, which she orders only when she can't get a quesadilla (a word she can pronounce perfectly). Sometimes, we wonder about their regional dialect as they all started out talking like people from the east coast (a concept difficult to convey in writing).

What I had to share, though, was the most fascinating so far that was spouted out last night, and that I am not inclined to correct, really, because I find it to be a unique term and something not undescriptive of the object they were going for. You see, the Socialite needed a pillow case. Now, the princesses go through pillow cases like nobody's business because they use them as sleeping bags (yes, sleeping bags), bags to carry toys in, and store stuff in them.

Well, last night, The Socialite declared that she needed a pillow sheet. It only took a moment to figure out what she was referring to, and I got her what she needed. I'd never, ever heard them referred to by that term before, but in a way, it does fit, especially from a child's mind, who doesn't know the actual term. You put a sheet over your bed, and the same material is used to put over your pillow; hence, pillow sheet.

As a short follow up, Sassy Pants has a "pillow sheet" that features the Disney princesses -- one side with only Cinderella, and the other with Cinderella, Belle, and Aurora. Well, when she goes to bed, the side with the three princesses MUST be facing up and it MUST be right side up. No other way is acceptable.