THE TOEMAN

My wife's niece (well, I guess she's mine, too, but technically she comes from her lineage) YouTubed a video of her 3 children preparing for a Christmas program at the oldest one's school. The other two are 3 and 1.

Paige, the three year old was singing Christmas songs with Charlie her big brother. Both were really quite good as they shared several without the words in front of them, but then I thought what good would that do since they can't read. Anyhow, when it got to "Frosty," Paige sang solo because Charlie was distracted and she started ahead of him with "Frosty the ToeMan".

Now I wondered if she just couldn't say SnowMan or if she thought it was ToeMan? I know that if she came from my side of the family, that the second one would be a real possibility. I've garbled lyrics since "Mr. Sandman bring me a drink".

And just what would a ToeMan look like? A melting snowman whose head had taken on the shape of a huge toe? A snowman with an inordinate number of toes? How about Frosty the driver of a truck with a huge hook on the back ready to help stranded motorists? Maybe a Snowman whose gaze was directed toward the feet?

As you can see, the possibilities are only limited by our imaginations. It doesn't matter; if Paige just can't say it, or if she has another image--it's still precious.