NanniePappy Experience

Nope, not a typo in the title of this post. Often times Bea refers to my parents as one entity, one word: NanniePappy. Really, her use of "NanniePappy" is actually an adjective, not a proper noun. Really, she's not calling them by their names, rather it is her description of an experience. So technically, it is a noun. The "NanniePappy Experience."

Definition:

Nah-neePah-pee ik-spir-e-ehnz: n. 1. The apprehension of fun, excitement, attention and indulgence with Tim and Elaine Meeks through the senses or mind. 2. Active participation in events or activities, such as a weekend visit with Tim and Elaine Meeks, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill.

History:

Derived from the language of 2 a year old, Beatrice Erickson, also known as BeaSpeak. The usage of the term arose from a weekend stay with her grandparents, Nannie and Pappy. They took her to the Come On Inn in Missoula, selecting a room overlooking the courtyard, which was complete with hottubs and a waterfall. The mini-fridge was stocked with chocolate milk. The grandparents brought her new books. Nannie and Pappy swam with Bea, read her books, poured her chocolate milk. They took the young child out to dinner at one of her favorite dining establishments, MacKenzie River Pizza. Whereupon they ordered little Bea her own pizza. Much to Bea's pleasure, her cousin Gabriel, also 2, joined them for dinner with his grandparents, Lollie and Pop. After dinner, back at the hotel, Bea got to sleep in a big bed with her Nannie, while her Pappy snored logs next to them in the other big bed. At 5:00 am, her Pappy made a trip to get her neccessities at a drugstore, cough syrup and most presumably, chocolate milk. At 6:00 am her Pappy made her waffles at the continental breakfast, then her Nannie took her swimming again in the wee hours of the morning whilst all the other people in the Inn were fast asleep. Integreal to the NanniePappy Experience is riding in the back of "Nannie's Caddy."

Based on Bea's active participation in these events and activities, after her grandparents' departure, she pined for the NanniePappy Experience.

Bea's sheer delight at discovering the mini-fridge is stocked with "chotwit milt!!"

The NanniePappy Experience will be visited again over1 President's Day weekend when Mommy, Bea, Nannie and Pappy jump in Nannie's Caddy and head to Seattle to visit Untle Al and Sasha!!! Roadtrip!!!