BREAKFAST - You cannot say 'breakfast'. You call it 'breakfix' and it's darn near the cutest mispronounced word ever!
SKUNKS - This morning, when Daddy was dropping us off at school and work (his car was in the shop), we passed through a skunk smell. You commented on the smell. "What is that SMELL?" I told you it was a skunk. "Well it's just DISGUSTING!" Just hilarious to me to hear a 3.5 y/o saying disgusting!
WHAT? - You have this thing lately where you think it's hilarious to imagine something turning into something else. Example, boys turning into girls, toothbrushes turning into a cup, animals all being dead.
Wait.
What?
Yeah. You've been talking about all the animals being dead like it's funny. The dinosaurs ate them, you see.
Um...
But if I ever threaten to 'kill those cats', you get REALLY upset!
I hope I don't have to look back at this in a few years and wonder if it should have been a clue to something sinister.
I don't think you get the concept of death or dead. It's just so weird to hear her you this. It has something to do with something that you read or talked about at school, something. Because it's the two ideas together. Always starts with laughing over stuff turning into other stuff and the animals are all dead, at the end. I tell you I don't think that is funny, then you explain the dinosaurs ate them, I tell you again that I don't like that, I like animals and I think it would be funny if maybe the animals were HIDING.
Did you see that? Ten more hairs just went grey! LOL
CONTRACTIONS (LANGUAGE) - You will not use contractions anymore. If I ask you to do something that you don't want to do, you responds with, "I can not." It's so funny to hear. I know it's because you spend your day surrounded by adults and kids who speak English as a second language, and I know you knowhow to use the contraction words, but it's still funny to hear.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
ANNOYING AND IGNORING
You confuse the words annoying and ignoring.
You've had them mixed up and mixed together for a few months now.
When we were going upstairs last night and I was giving you grief for your arms being so full of toys that I had to carry up your milk and water, you were saying, "Mummy, I know it's ignoying, but it's just something I have to do."
I nearly peed myself!
Honestly the stuff that comes out of your mouth! Excuse me, how old are you again?
You've had them mixed up and mixed together for a few months now.
When we were going upstairs last night and I was giving you grief for your arms being so full of toys that I had to carry up your milk and water, you were saying, "Mummy, I know it's ignoying, but it's just something I have to do."
I nearly peed myself!
Honestly the stuff that comes out of your mouth! Excuse me, how old are you again?
Sunday, July 19, 2009
DINOSAURS AND DRAGONS
Dear Weeb,
I am having a chuckle because you want to know why dragons aren't real if dinosaurs once were.
I told you that scientists have FOUND dinosaur bones, but nobody has found dragon bones, so if they're real, nobody has ever seen one or found proof. You went away thinking MAYBE dragons are still real but dinosaurs are extinct. You know extinct means they are all dead. From there, we started talking about animals that are on the Earth now, but may become extinct if we don't take care of the planet. Yeah, stuff I never thought I'd be talking about with a three year old! You're too smart for my own good!
I am having a chuckle because you want to know why dragons aren't real if dinosaurs once were.
I told you that scientists have FOUND dinosaur bones, but nobody has found dragon bones, so if they're real, nobody has ever seen one or found proof. You went away thinking MAYBE dragons are still real but dinosaurs are extinct. You know extinct means they are all dead. From there, we started talking about animals that are on the Earth now, but may become extinct if we don't take care of the planet. Yeah, stuff I never thought I'd be talking about with a three year old! You're too smart for my own good!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
STRANGERS
Yesterday, I was buckling you into your car seat, in front of the daycare, when a young Asian fellow and his friend walked up (very close) and asked me something. The fellow couldn't speak English very well, but he was being very polite (other than getting WAY into my personal space, which, if you know me, is a much larger comfort zone than most people's). He was lost and trying to figure out how to get just down the street, as it turned out.
When I got into the car, this conversation took place:
Weeb: Mummy, that was a STRANGER!
Mummy: Yes, he was a stranger and - *interrupted*
Weeb: I PUNCH AND KICK HIM!
Mummy: *trying not to laugh* He was not a BAD stranger Weeb. He was very nice and was lost and just asking for directions.
Weeb: I don't talk to strangers, right, Mummy?
Me: No Weeb, you don't talk to strangers. Good remembering! NO stranger will EVER have to talk to a kid. It is okay for strangers to talk to adults, but only to adults. What do you say if a stranger talks to you?
Weeb: I say NO, YOU'RE NOT MY MUMMY OR DADDY!
Mummy: *trying not to laugh again* Very good remembering, Weeb! What you should say, if they are acting nice, is, *I put up my hand in my stop pose*, "Please talk to an adult!" And then you run to an adult that you know.
Weeb: PLEASE TALK TO AN ADULT!
Mummy: Good job, baby! (I have to stop calling her that!)
Mummy: Weeb, what would you do if a stranger told you that his puppy was lost and he needed help finding his puppy?
Weeb: I would help him find his puppy. Poor lost puppy!
Mummy: No Weeb, no stranger will EVER ask a kid to help find his puppy! That stranger is tricking you! You yell PLEASE ASK AN ADULT and then run to an adult that you know! (I don't know what the hell to teach here!)
Weeb: Strangers are tricky! (we've talked about tricky strangers before.)
Mummy: Some strangers are nice, but the MEAN strangers are very tricky. NO stranger will EVER ask a kid for help Weeb. Strangers should only talk to adults, not to kids, not ever!
We've also talked about how nobody is EVER allowed to hurt you. Nobody is EVER allowed to touch you in ways that you don't like. Your private spots are private and for you only! On and on this teaching goes.
We have been teaching you that if someone tries to take you, you are allowed to be as bad as you can be, scream and yell and punch and hit and bite so that other people can come help her. Other strangers. See where this conversation leads? We've been really enforcing that not ALL strangers are bad, but that bad strangers are very tricky and will try to trick us and they will hurt us so we have to be very smart.
We've even taught you how to hold your hand up in a stop motion and say, "STOP, I DO NOT LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DOING," even if it's to kids at school.
I hope we're not creating a monster here, though I'd much rather a bit of a monster kid than a kid who ends up missing or hurt. With any luck, you'll never experience one of these tricky monsters.
When I got into the car, this conversation took place:
Weeb: Mummy, that was a STRANGER!
Mummy: Yes, he was a stranger and - *interrupted*
Weeb: I PUNCH AND KICK HIM!
Mummy: *trying not to laugh* He was not a BAD stranger Weeb. He was very nice and was lost and just asking for directions.
Weeb: I don't talk to strangers, right, Mummy?
Me: No Weeb, you don't talk to strangers. Good remembering! NO stranger will EVER have to talk to a kid. It is okay for strangers to talk to adults, but only to adults. What do you say if a stranger talks to you?
Weeb: I say NO, YOU'RE NOT MY MUMMY OR DADDY!
Mummy: *trying not to laugh again* Very good remembering, Weeb! What you should say, if they are acting nice, is, *I put up my hand in my stop pose*, "Please talk to an adult!" And then you run to an adult that you know.
Weeb: PLEASE TALK TO AN ADULT!
Mummy: Good job, baby! (I have to stop calling her that!)
Mummy: Weeb, what would you do if a stranger told you that his puppy was lost and he needed help finding his puppy?
Weeb: I would help him find his puppy. Poor lost puppy!
Mummy: No Weeb, no stranger will EVER ask a kid to help find his puppy! That stranger is tricking you! You yell PLEASE ASK AN ADULT and then run to an adult that you know! (I don't know what the hell to teach here!)
Weeb: Strangers are tricky! (we've talked about tricky strangers before.)
Mummy: Some strangers are nice, but the MEAN strangers are very tricky. NO stranger will EVER ask a kid for help Weeb. Strangers should only talk to adults, not to kids, not ever!
We've also talked about how nobody is EVER allowed to hurt you. Nobody is EVER allowed to touch you in ways that you don't like. Your private spots are private and for you only! On and on this teaching goes.
We have been teaching you that if someone tries to take you, you are allowed to be as bad as you can be, scream and yell and punch and hit and bite so that other people can come help her. Other strangers. See where this conversation leads? We've been really enforcing that not ALL strangers are bad, but that bad strangers are very tricky and will try to trick us and they will hurt us so we have to be very smart.
We've even taught you how to hold your hand up in a stop motion and say, "STOP, I DO NOT LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DOING," even if it's to kids at school.
I hope we're not creating a monster here, though I'd much rather a bit of a monster kid than a kid who ends up missing or hurt. With any luck, you'll never experience one of these tricky monsters.
Friday, June 5, 2009
HEALTHY FOODS AND ALLERGIES
Weeb: I eat lots of healthy foods so my allergies will go away.
Mummy: Oh Weeb, healthy foods aren't going to make your allergies go away, baby.
Quiet.
Mummy: I think you going to have your allergies your whole life Weeb. I'm sorry.
Weeb: *wobbly lip* I don't want to have allergies forever!
Mummy: *wobbly lip* I know baby, I don't want you to have allergies forever, either.
Quiet.
Mummy: Hey, should we go get some fish and chips?
Weeb: Yeah! Great idea, Mum!
Mummy: Oh Weeb, healthy foods aren't going to make your allergies go away, baby.
Quiet.
Mummy: I think you going to have your allergies your whole life Weeb. I'm sorry.
Weeb: *wobbly lip* I don't want to have allergies forever!
Mummy: *wobbly lip* I know baby, I don't want you to have allergies forever, either.
Quiet.
Mummy: Hey, should we go get some fish and chips?
Weeb: Yeah! Great idea, Mum!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
AQUARIUM, UP AND A SWIM
Dear Weeb,
We packed a lot of fun into one day! Aquarium (complete with beluga and dolphin shows), train ride, petting zoo, first movie in the theater for you - Up, and swimming! Awesome weekend, so far!
We packed a lot of fun into one day! Aquarium (complete with beluga and dolphin shows), train ride, petting zoo, first movie in the theater for you - Up, and swimming! Awesome weekend, so far!
Friday, May 29, 2009
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO
Weeb: Remember yesterday, a long, long time ago, when I was two?
You are STILL using AMN'T with me. You think it's quite funny and go out of your way to use it. What's a bit frightening is that you use it in a way that would be proper... if it were a word!
You are STILL using AMN'T with me. You think it's quite funny and go out of your way to use it. What's a bit frightening is that you use it in a way that would be proper... if it were a word!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
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