She has no idea why, but my niece has been taught the phrase “moshi moshi man.”

In case that means nothing to you, let me take you back to a little show called “Full House.”

There’s an episode in season 4 in which DJ begs her dad to get her own phone line in the room she shares with Stephanie.  Danny makes her promise to be responsible, and is outraged when an astronomical bill arrives.  DJ swears she didn’t make any of the many calls to Tokyo.  She is right.  It’s baby sister Michelle.

Near or at the end of the episode (this is totally by memory since I can’t find a clip online anywhere) we see Michelle dialing Tokyo, and when someone picks up she says, “Moshi moshi man!”

Fast forward to now, and we have my brother teaching Madelyn this:

I can only hope this is the first of many Michelle catchphrases that enter her vocabulary.

While I was down there, we finally welcomed my new nephew Colbert (Collin Robert), a week after he was due.  My brother’s dog probably won’t like how loud his house will be soon, but at least so far Madelyn seems to like her baby brother:

Thus ends a children-heavy post.  Back to the normal ridiculousness next time.