Evie picked up pretty quickly the idea that adding “ing” on the end of a word makes it a verb. For example, if you go for a walk, you are walking.  She then started extrapolating the concept to every noun in her life, often with interesting results.

For example, one of her favorite things to do is make a mess. That’s right, she’s the one, the toddler who likes to make a mess. Anyway, she will take her food at dinner and smear it all over the table everywhere. If you ask her what she’s doing, she will matter-of-factly say, “Messing.”  

Two of my favorite ones that came up recently:

1. When you are playing with blocks, you are “blocks-ing”
2. When you are turning off the lights, or playing in the dark, you are “dark-ing”

I guess I need to start putting together an Evie dictionary.