Me: Hannah, it's very important that you ask before touching things that don't belong to you. Some of Mommy's things are special and I don't want them to get broken.
Hannah: Oh. Ok.
*runs to pick up a stuffed animal*
Hannah, eyebrows raised and very stern: You see this Mommy?
Me: Yes?
Hannah: Well you don't touch it! Don't EVER touch it! It's VERY FRAGILE!
Me: Ok, I'll be sure to ask before I touch it.
Hannah: Ok, because if you touch it without asking, I'll be very disappointed in you!
Me: Ok baby, I'll make sure to ask first.
Hannah: Ok, or we're NOT going to go to McDonalds and you CAN'T go on the climber.
Me: Understood.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Of genetalia, memory, and my lack of time machine
In the car on the way home yesterday:
"Momma? I don't have a penis."
"Nope! Boys have a penis, and you're a girl!"
"I want to be a boy."
"Do you want to be a boy just because you want to have a penis?"
"hmmm, yeah."
"Well, girls have special parts too you know, they're just harder to see because they're inside of your body. You have a uterus where you can grow a baby when you're all grown up you know!"
"Yeah! I do! You do to and that's where I grew before I was born!"
"Yup!"
"And when I'm grown up, I can have a baby too!"
"Yup! If you want to!"
*pause*
"But I don't remember when I was a baby when I was born."
"No, people can't remember when they were born sweetie. I don't remember when I was born."
"Oh. Well, I want to see me come out when I was a baby."
"Sorry, I don't have any pictures of that."
"BUT I WANT TO! I DON'T WANT PICTURES, I just want to SEE IT!"
"Well, maybe someday you can see a baby being born."
"NO, I want to see ME being born."
"But you're already born, we can't go back and see it."
"But I WANT TO!"
"Well I'm sorry, I'm afraid we have no way to do that."
"Oh. Well when you're a baby I'll see you be born then I think."
"No honey, people only grow and get older, not younger."
"hrmph"
"Momma? I don't have a penis."
"Nope! Boys have a penis, and you're a girl!"
"I want to be a boy."
"Do you want to be a boy just because you want to have a penis?"
"hmmm, yeah."
"Well, girls have special parts too you know, they're just harder to see because they're inside of your body. You have a uterus where you can grow a baby when you're all grown up you know!"
"Yeah! I do! You do to and that's where I grew before I was born!"
"Yup!"
"And when I'm grown up, I can have a baby too!"
"Yup! If you want to!"
*pause*
"But I don't remember when I was a baby when I was born."
"No, people can't remember when they were born sweetie. I don't remember when I was born."
"Oh. Well, I want to see me come out when I was a baby."
"Sorry, I don't have any pictures of that."
"BUT I WANT TO! I DON'T WANT PICTURES, I just want to SEE IT!"
"Well, maybe someday you can see a baby being born."
"NO, I want to see ME being born."
"But you're already born, we can't go back and see it."
"But I WANT TO!"
"Well I'm sorry, I'm afraid we have no way to do that."
"Oh. Well when you're a baby I'll see you be born then I think."
"No honey, people only grow and get older, not younger."
"hrmph"
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Overheard while Hannah plays in the bath...
"Come here penguins! What do you think you are doing!? GET BACK HERE YOU FOOLS!"
*pause*
"Get down there you fools, you are IN MY WAY!"
*pause*
"HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH! I've GOT YOU!"
"Ok, ok, I was trying to stop you guys, but you can go. I can be friendly."
*pause*
"Get down there you fools, you are IN MY WAY!"
*pause*
"HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH! I've GOT YOU!"
"Ok, ok, I was trying to stop you guys, but you can go. I can be friendly."
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