No, we don’t have a problem with fruit rage here.

Nor are we singing some kind of strangely demented alphabet song where the next lines are Compassionate Dates, then Enraged Fennel.

Indeed, we are talking about my second favorite aspect of toddler parenting (after all those gooey and delicious expressions of love): the toddler malapropism.

For example, in Noah’s world, the lyrics to “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” include the line, “Like a Dinah in the sky.”

From his perspective, it makes perfect sense. We have a book about a very shiny train named Dinah. Whereas he has very little exposure to diamonds.

But even more adorable than that are the names of two little girls in Noah’s day care class: Angry and Banana.

Their parents think their names are Avery and Savannah. But not their classmates. These two year olds are, for the most part, pretty articulate and smart. And they know a lot of words. Like Angry. And Banana.

Something to think about as we contemplate girls names.