sjöjungfrun ariel is kind of a mouthful

[cimorene]

Baby Swim with the triplets and Carmela today was a lot of fun. I want to go swimming again! In equally warm water, but slightly deeper!

Also tonight we had about, oh, 40 conversations that went like this:

"Carmela, come on/ put on your clothes/ get in the car/ go to the bathroom/ take off your boots/ do you want any more dinner?"
"I'm Ariel The Little Mermaid!"
"Ariel The Little Mermaid, come on/ put on your clothes / get in the car/ go to the bathroom/ take off your boots/ do you want any more dinner?"

The other adults around seemed a little baffled. Carmela is maybe a little more whimsical than past children in this family have been, because I've been used to this for years. There were times when every doll of cuddlepint's was named Tulip Ariel Sunflower Daisy Petal. There were days when she was a dog and she wouldn't talk, just bark and pant and whine and insist on eating her food from a bowl on the floor. ("I don't think we would let Carmela do that," said Brother Windows doubtfully.) And of course, no other child's whimsy holds a candle to Perrin's. His three imaginary blue chickens are still my favourite... something.

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[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

There were times when every doll of [info]cuddlepint's was named Tulip Ariel Sunflower Daisy Petal

Cory Doctorow's brand-new daughter is named Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow. Dude, your child is not a doll!

But is she a self-insert?

[farwing.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? Well...no. You probably aren't. I am rather horrified. What a horrible thing to do to a child. Although...Nautilus would be kind of awesome. Heck...if I were going to name a child something really strange it would probably be after some really fantastic fossil. I mean, Hallucigenia would be mean. So I wouldn't do that.

[anglepoiselamp.livejournal.com]

My youngest brother did the same thing, insisting he was a dinosaur, and that he'd only reply to the name Saurus. I don't remember any of us others doing it in our family, though. But we did pretend-play superheroes/dinosaurs/fairies/princesses a lot (yes, I dressed my brother up as a princess quite frequently).

Also, my parents were in horrified awe of my doll-naming strategies. I had these dolls called Matilda & Metilda, and the parentals were worried about what the next in the series would be called. They were rooting for Mötilda. :D