This Christmas Iris came up with the best name ever. She was playing with the toy tree fort that Santa brought, complete with felt gnomes, swings, the tiniest little beds and chairs, and wooden woodland animals. She quickly claimed a favorite gnome (the one that looks the most like her) and announced that she was going to be calling her the most beautiful name in the world:
“Dingaleena!”
Over the past few weeks the gnome’s name has changed several times (I think she’s going by “Lily the Second” these days), but Jonathan and I can’t let Dingaleena go. We think Dingaleena is the best name ever.
“Here she comes, Miss America 2011, Dingaleena!”
“And our special tonight is the Dingaleena, a succulent blend of woodland gnome sauteed with amanitas and tree bark…”
“Madame President Dingaleena, it’s a Code Red!”
“NASA just confirmed the rumors that the manned mission to Mars is a go, but Bob, we’re a little puzzled by the name. What’s the story behind naming the mission Dingaleena?”
The only Dingaleena that’s lacking is a knitting pattern. If you were going to knit a Dingaleena, what would it be?
An jester’s hat with dingle-dangles.
A cold-weather loin cloth.
That would be “shrinkadingle”
dangly earings.