Kipsy and the Aggressive Hand

Last week Shannon passed a law criminalizing one of Cody's less charming poses. He likes to shove his hand out in a "stop" motion, close as possible to Cordelia. This doesn't have any specific meaning to him, it's just a catch-all, "Hey, I don't like you." Shannon has banned it, calling it "the aggressive hand."

This morning, Cody was playing in the tent in the living room with Patches, Tippy, and Baby Tippy. From the dining room I heard him exclaim, "Tippy just did the aggressive flipper!"

One of CJP's more charming pasttimes is something called "Kipsy." We frequently hear him talking about it in the mornings on the monitor after he wakes up. It is, we inferred, some sort of game he plays with his stuffed animals. For weeks I've been trying to get him to spill the beans on exactly what Kipsy is, but he always just grins like a fool and changes the subject when I ask.

This morning, however, he divulged the secret rules.

JVL: So how do you play Kipsy?
CJP: First, you go to the Kipsy field.
JVL: Okay.
CJP: Then, you say, "Am so gampsin."
JVL: All right. "I'm so gampsin."
CJP: No--not "I'm so gampsin." It's "Am so gampsin."
JVL: Oh, sorry. Okay. "Am so gampsin." What next?
CJP: Then, you give out the Kipsy lollipops to everyone.
JVL: Kipsy lollipops? That's pretty awesome. You give them to all of your buddies?
CJP: Yup-pa. [This is his stylized "yup." --ed.]
JVL: And then what?
CJP: Then we all eat the Kipsy lollipops!
JVL: And that's Kipsy?
CJP: That's how you play Kipsy!