Yesterday afternoon, when picking Hannah up from preschool:
Me: Hey baby, how was your day today?
Hannah: Great! I didn't bite anyone or push anyone, or anything!
Me: Wonderful!
Maybe I set my own standards too high.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
On tattoos....
Hannah: Mamma, can I have a tattoo after my bath tonight?
Me: If you're good! What kind are you going to get? We have superman and spongebob.
Hannah: Hmmm, I think maybe spongebob...maybe Patrick!
Me: Ok, where are you going to get it?
Hannah: hmmm, maybe on my bum.
Me: No, I don't think so, you wouldn't be able to see it on your bum.
Hannah: hmmm, well maybe on my back then.
Me: *sigh* You won't be able to see it on your back either.
Hannah: I KNOW! I'LL GET TWO TATTOOS ON MY BUM!
Me: Ok, one tattoo only, and not on your bum. I shouldn't have to worry about bum tattoos for at least another 15-16 years.
Hannah: Huh? When I'm all grown up I can get a tattoo on my bum.
Me: Yeah, I suppose, if you really want to.
Hannah: I do!
Me: and what sort of tattoo do you think you'll be getting on your bum when you're all grown up?
Hannah: hmmm...I think maybe Spongebob...or BARBIE!
Me: uh-huh. You know grown up tattoos don't wash off. You'd be stuck with Barbie on your bum forever.
Hannah: Oh. That's ok, I think I'll just get a submarine maybe.
Me: If you're good! What kind are you going to get? We have superman and spongebob.
Hannah: Hmmm, I think maybe spongebob...maybe Patrick!
Me: Ok, where are you going to get it?
Hannah: hmmm, maybe on my bum.
Me: No, I don't think so, you wouldn't be able to see it on your bum.
Hannah: hmmm, well maybe on my back then.
Me: *sigh* You won't be able to see it on your back either.
Hannah: I KNOW! I'LL GET TWO TATTOOS ON MY BUM!
Me: Ok, one tattoo only, and not on your bum. I shouldn't have to worry about bum tattoos for at least another 15-16 years.
Hannah: Huh? When I'm all grown up I can get a tattoo on my bum.
Me: Yeah, I suppose, if you really want to.
Hannah: I do!
Me: and what sort of tattoo do you think you'll be getting on your bum when you're all grown up?
Hannah: hmmm...I think maybe Spongebob...or BARBIE!
Me: uh-huh. You know grown up tattoos don't wash off. You'd be stuck with Barbie on your bum forever.
Hannah: Oh. That's ok, I think I'll just get a submarine maybe.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The budding reindeer expert
Me: Hannah, it's only one week until Christmas Eve!
Hannah: I KNOW THAT!
Me: Oh, well alright then.
Hannah: And we'll make cookies for Santa, and leave carrots for the reindeer.
Me: Yup! Then when you wake up on Christmas morning, you can come wake us up and we'll go downstairs and see if Santa came!
Hannah: Yup, we'll go outside and check for tracks.
Me: What?
Hannah: We'll go outside and see if there are sleigh tracks and deer tracks.
Me: Well, I meant that we'd go see if Santa left you anything under the tree...that how we'll know if he came.
Hannah: Yeah, I KNOW that...that and the deer tracks.
Me: I'm pretty sure that Santa and the reindeer land on the roof...so we won't be able to see any tracks honey.
Hannah: No...they land on the lawn and go across it and then the reindeer jump really hard and pull the sleigh up to the roof. So we'll see those tracks.
Me: I think they just fly around and land on the roof.
Hannah: No, that's silly. Deer can't fly, they can just jump hard.
Hannah: I KNOW THAT!
Me: Oh, well alright then.
Hannah: And we'll make cookies for Santa, and leave carrots for the reindeer.
Me: Yup! Then when you wake up on Christmas morning, you can come wake us up and we'll go downstairs and see if Santa came!
Hannah: Yup, we'll go outside and check for tracks.
Me: What?
Hannah: We'll go outside and see if there are sleigh tracks and deer tracks.
Me: Well, I meant that we'd go see if Santa left you anything under the tree...that how we'll know if he came.
Hannah: Yeah, I KNOW that...that and the deer tracks.
Me: I'm pretty sure that Santa and the reindeer land on the roof...so we won't be able to see any tracks honey.
Hannah: No...they land on the lawn and go across it and then the reindeer jump really hard and pull the sleigh up to the roof. So we'll see those tracks.
Me: I think they just fly around and land on the roof.
Hannah: No, that's silly. Deer can't fly, they can just jump hard.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Misheard lyrics of a four year old.
She's been singing in the car a lot lately...my favorites:
To the tune of "This is Halloween" from the Nightmare Before Christmas:
"This is celery, this is celery, CELERY, CELERY, CELERY!"
Me: Umm, sweetie, that's a great song there but they're actually saying, "this is Halloween".
Hannah: Halloween? Oh, cause it's a Halloween land.
Me: Yup!
Hannah: Well that's good, but in Celery land, they sing THIS IS CELERY! THIS IS CELERY!
Me: Sure, probably.
A few days later, while listening to "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" in the car:
Hannah: Oh ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see! Somebody waits for you! Wizard once for me!
Me: Kiss her.
Hannah: What!?
Me: He's saying, "Somebody waits for you, KISS HER once for me," not "wizard once for me"
Hannah: Oh, can you play it again?
Me: Sure.
A few seconds later...
Hannah: No, he's saying "wizard."
Me: That doesn't even make any sense.
Hannah: Like magic.
Me: fine.
To the tune of "This is Halloween" from the Nightmare Before Christmas:
"This is celery, this is celery, CELERY, CELERY, CELERY!"
Me: Umm, sweetie, that's a great song there but they're actually saying, "this is Halloween".
Hannah: Halloween? Oh, cause it's a Halloween land.
Me: Yup!
Hannah: Well that's good, but in Celery land, they sing THIS IS CELERY! THIS IS CELERY!
Me: Sure, probably.
A few days later, while listening to "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" in the car:
Hannah: Oh ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see! Somebody waits for you! Wizard once for me!
Me: Kiss her.
Hannah: What!?
Me: He's saying, "Somebody waits for you, KISS HER once for me," not "wizard once for me"
Hannah: Oh, can you play it again?
Me: Sure.
A few seconds later...
Hannah: No, he's saying "wizard."
Me: That doesn't even make any sense.
Hannah: Like magic.
Me: fine.
Friday, December 11, 2009
The past tense of smelly
This morning, while getting ready for school/work, Hannah was playing with her plastic dinosaur set. They were engaged in a battle and as one or another dinosaur was slain, it was put back into the box (my idea, rather brilliant). As the box began to fill up, I noticed Hannah sniff it and exclaim "eww, pee-youuuuu". Curious, I asked, "does something smell?"
"Yeah, all these dead dinosaurs!"
"They smell? Why do they smell?"
"Cause they're dead!"
Thinking this to be somewhat morbid for a four year old, I ask where she heard that something dead would be smelly.
"At school."
"They told you that dead dinosaurs smell bad at school?"
"Yeah, they're extinct!"
This takes me 3 or 4 seconds.
"Hannah, something being extinct doesn't mean it smells bad...it means there are no more of them left, that they're all dead."
"Oh...I thought the dead dinosaurs were stinky."
"Yeah, all these dead dinosaurs!"
"They smell? Why do they smell?"
"Cause they're dead!"
Thinking this to be somewhat morbid for a four year old, I ask where she heard that something dead would be smelly.
"At school."
"They told you that dead dinosaurs smell bad at school?"
"Yeah, they're extinct!"
This takes me 3 or 4 seconds.
"Hannah, something being extinct doesn't mean it smells bad...it means there are no more of them left, that they're all dead."
"Oh...I thought the dead dinosaurs were stinky."
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