Winner chicken dinner
When Rookie was winning last year, Emily would keep in touch through SMS, and as I waited anxiously on the day of a show for her message, it would come through often enough as:
"Winner, winner, chicken dinner!"
Quite honestly, I had never heard this expression before, so the first time Emily sent it to me I asked her where it came from. She explained that it was a kids thing, and that they had all said it while growing up, on the play yard.
So, I told this delightful phrase to Maxime, and we were saying it for days, driving poor Mama to distraction.
Gabriel seemed to like it too, but perhaps it was a little long and complicated for him. But after a couple days, he just came out with it.
Here it is: