Whoosh... da nomby whoosh!

For the last several weeks, Emma has been saying a phrase that sounded like "Whoosh... da nomby whoosh!" She says it when she is being particularly silly, and says it in a loud, declarative voice. Now, normally we understand nearly every single word she says. She speaks very clearly and has a huge vocabulary. But this little phrase stumped us completely. Even when she said it slowly, we couldn't follow it and thought it was a made-up phrase that just sounded good to her ear.

However, today the mystery was solved. Apparently at school they have a book called "Whoosh Around the Mulberry Bush" which comes with an audio CD, and this is what she has been saying. The people at daycare said it is an odd voice, and they could totally understand why she thought it was "Whoosh... da nomby whoosh!" They also said it was sort of creepy.

So today, I bid on a copy of the book on eBay, just so we could hear it for ourselves. I don't know if I'll try to correct her on the phrase, though; I sort of like "Whoosh... da nomby whoosh!". It's become one of our favorite catch-phrases when we're all being silly.