Tikkabik

For whatever reason, James has started calling all of us by nicknames over the past few weeks.

Bob has become, inexplicably, "Baby." James chases Bob around shouting "Baby baby baby!" all day long.

I am "Daddy-yagi." I haven't quite figured out what "yagi" means yet. Over the weekend, James fell asleep on the sofa and Bob wrote me a note, which he lay on James' back: "To Peter: Hello yagi yagi. From James."

Bonnie is "Mummy-nana." This doesn't please Bonnie at all, because "nana" was James' baby-word for her breasts, and she obviously doesn't like being called a food source.

Emmeline, however, is my favorite: "Evil Emme."