"Owwa-mommy-POEIA!"

Onomatopoeia This word makes my 2 1/2 yr old laugh with such force he can hardly breathe. I asked Nate if he could say the word yesterday and after about fifteen minutes of "Owwa-mommy-p-*giggle*......Owwa-mommypoe-*more giggles*......and then just "POEIA, Mommy! POEIA!" followed by guffawing and those breathless clicks you hear when a child is still laughing but they've run out of air to actually do so.

After he calmed down to quiet giggles, he finally said it, and then I explained to him what it was, and gave him a dozen or so examples. So now when I ask him "what is an onomatopoeia?" He replies with "Owwa-mommy-poeia....POW! POW! POW! BANG! Pwack-pwack! Moo! Sploosh! Boing-boing! Meow! Woof-woof!" (Insert random noise of choice, he changes it every time)

I'm so proud of him for learning such a big word!

It did, however, ruin our attempt at learning "Hippopotamus" That word, according to Nate, is now pronounced "Hippo-potta-POEIA!" followed by insane laughter.