Without really being aware of it, I apparently call Max "Bucko" quite frequently. As in "Here, Bucko, come here and eat your waffle!" or "Hey, Bucko, come put on your shoes."
Tonight Dashiell came to me and very seriously said "Mom, you call Max Bucko a lot but there is a very bad character in the Lego catalog named Bucko so I don't think we should call Max that anymore." And then he showed me the picture of the bad guy who is, in fact, named Bucko.
Then Dashiell continued and said, with total sincerity "I think instead of Bucko, we should call him Sherman."
I managed not to laugh and agreed to change Max's nickname from Bucko to Sherman.
Then bedtime was upon us and I called out "Hey, Bucko, it's time for books!" Max came running but so did Dashiell who admonished me. "MOM, it's Sherman, not Bucko."
So I said "All right, Sherman, time for books!" and then as I tucked Max in, I said "I love you, Sherman! Sleep tight, Sherman."
Max lifted his sleepy head up and said "I NOT Sherman. I Max"
