The Napoleon Dynamite Talking Doll....

.....is not the best toy for a two year old who is expanding her vocabulary.

When Napoleon Dynamite came out, my mom bought the DVD for my husband because he LOVED the shoe. Not only did she purchase the DVD, but she also got him a talking pencil, and an 8" talking doll. The doll looks like this,



















and it says 18 different lines from the movie. Jader has loved this doll since she was old enough to figure out how to push the button to make it talk. She and her dad have been fighting over this toy since she was around 8 months old. Austin would put the toy out of her reach on the dresser, and I would always take it down for her to play with.

The other morning, she was playing with the doll, and after each phrase Napoleon would say, she would repeat the last word in the phrase.

Napoleon: "Maybe I will, Gosh!"

Jader: "Gosh!"

N: "Yessss!"

J: "Yessss!!"

N: "Gross!"

J: "Gwose!"

N: "I wish you'd get out of my life and shutup!"

J: "Schudupe."

N: "Freakin' idiot!"

J: "Idatiee."

At first, Austin and I were laughing so hard, until she started learning 'shutup' and 'idiot'. Those are two words we would like to keep out of her vocabulary for a little while longer. I can just see her now, running up to me and saying, 'Schudupe, Mom, you Idatiee! Gosh!"