confusion

Yesterday, Jamie's boyfriend came over and they wached movies while I was babysitting three of my nieces. The kids were fascinated and kept going part way down the stairs to spy. At one point, one of the kids forgot what Jamie's boyfriend's name was and so I told them, "Ricardo."

Now, Zoe, who is almost four years old and has trouble pronouncing certain letters said, "He's not Retardo!"

This made me laugh very hard and I had to go in the bathroom for a moment. During that time, Zoe and the five year old twins ran down and started yelling, "Retardo! Retardo! Brandi told us to call you that!"

So the poor kid left the house thinking that I sent the children down to insult him. I'm really not that kind of person. I hope Jamie can clear this up.