Phil Kareetoe

So I am not really sure if the title is spelled correctly, but you will understand here in a minute why. One of the biggest reasons I chose to start this blog was as a memory keeper of sorts. Secondly, or course, to shed some light (for those who care) on what's been taking place at The Liedy Home.

Earlier this week we had one of those funny moments only a four year old can provide. I will set the scene...

It was evening time and Maddie and Zoe are running around the house like a bunch of banshees, while Steve and I attempt to finish eating our supper. They are playing some made up game requiring that Maddie relentlessly chase Zoe around the house yelling at her. They are both laughing and having a blast so Steve and I allow trade quiet for some peace while we shove down the rest of our food. Life is full of compromises, right?

After taking a closer listen for a minute, I discover that Maddie is yelling the same thing over and over and over again. I also discover that it is no decipherable phrase...or whatever. Maddie is all about making words up these days. On the contrary, she has the attention span of a gold fish, so she rarely repeats said made up words more than once. This engages me. So I call her over and ask her what she is saying. To which she replies, "Phil Kareetoe."

Hmmm....okay?

I say, "Where did you hear that from?"

Her reply, "I don't know."

Of course I grow infinitely more coureous so I say, " Think Maddie. Where did you hear that at?"

She says, " The monkey says it."

That's helpful.

"Maddie, what monkey?" 

"The one on Madagascar."

Of course. Why didn't I think of that? They had watched this movie several hours earlier. However, I recall no such character with that name in the movie. A little while later, I ask her if she can show me where in the movie the monkey says that. I want to figure out what this child is trying to say. She takes me right to the scene where the penguins are on the ship in the crates and they are trying to figure out where they are being sent to. They ask a nearby monkey if he can read. His response, "No. Phil can read though."

Ah ha! At last mystery solved. I laughed so hard I cried. Then I wonder, of all the lines from Madagascar she could have remembered why this one? Silly girl!