Weto, Weto

When Andrew was about 18 months old, it was sometimes difficult to know what words he was trying to say. Usually over time we would figure it out, but there was one particular word that he said quite often and I always wondered what it meant.

"Wee-toe" is how it sounded. Sometimes he would say it several times over. After a while, I noticed that Luke would say it too. I just assumed he was imitating Andrew, and maybe he was. . . at FIRST.

For a couple months I remember asking them, "what is weto, weto?"( usually kind of playfully, thinking it was just a silly word.) They always said that they couldn't tell me.

Finally one day they let me in on their little secret. They told me that Weto, Weto was a store JUST for kids. No mommies or Daddies were allowed! I asked what they sold at the store.
Ice Cream!, they replied.

Every morning after that for probably the next 9 months, they would say, "we're going to weto weto, see you later" Andrew would get banana ice cream, and Luke would get chocolate. They would run back and forth from our bedroom to our bathroom to get "ice cream" and sometimes share it with us. We would pretend to eat it and then they would get more.

This is such a fond memory I have of our sweet boys. I love seeing their imagination at work, and the bond between them that continues to grow.