Awkward.

Dani has a new word.

Awkward.

Imagine a teenager girl walking in on her parents kissing, rolls her eyes, and says "Awwkkwaardd."  If you have spent in time with middle school students, you are hearing it in your head right now.

I think Dani picked up this wonderful word from her cousin, one of the teenage girls mentioned above.

We tried to explain what awkward means: something strange or uncomfortable.

Dani: "Awwkwarrd." (when she gets a milk mustache at dinner time.

Dani:  "Awwkkwaard."  (when she gets in trouble for not finishing dinner)

Dani: "Awwkkwaard." (when she threw something away on accident)

Dani: "Awwkward." (when she falls off the couch because she was trying to climb behind me)

Dani: Awkward." (when she was pretending to measure how tall the chair was and dropped her measuring tape)

Dani: "Aaawkward."(when Frank Burns and Margret Hoolihan started making out on TV when Daddy was watching MASH)

Well, 1 in 6 isn't too bad.