Every Good Store Should Have One

We walked through Home Depot the other day. We were reading the department signs to each other: Lighting, Window Treatments, Lumber. Suddenly she gets excited. 

"Momma? Where is the Ducky Department?"

Suggestible

C: Momma, I'm hungry. I want something to eat! Then I'll go to bed.
Me: How about a yogurt?
C: Well...I'd really like some eggs.
Me: Sorry, but I'm not going to cook eggs right now.
C: Oh. Well, how about some French toast?
Me (laughing): No, no French toast tonight.
C: Oh! I know!
Me: What do you want?
C: How about soooooooome...YOGURT?!

Things I Never Thought I'd Say Part 5,426

"No, no! Take that chopstick out of your nose!"

Sand...or not

C plays with the sugar in the sugar bowl. I take her outside. She sits on the ground next to the sand box and talks about the toys but won't touch them. I bring her inside. She plays with the sugar in the sugar bowl.

I'm pretty sure this is psychological warfare.

Grammar Rocks!

Ah. This one is definitely MY child.

Me: Good night!
C: Momma?
Me: Yes?
C: I sleeping TIGHTLY!

Yep. Gotta love a nice, correct adverb when appropriate. Now it looks like we just need a little tweak with our helping verbs and we're good to grammarize.

Fun.

Her Irrational Regalness, upon being given free run of the house while I used the bathroom, instead decided to stand outside the door yelling, "No! I will NOT play!" until I came out.

That's the kind of day it is here.

A Long Time Coming

Wow! I put her to bed and...she went to sleep! Amazing!

Alternatives

At the lunch table:

J: C! Don't hit me!
Me: C, please don't hit J.
C: Oh. Okay.
Me: Don't hit him again.
C: Can I scratch him?

Shopping List

Me: We need to go to the grocery store.
C: Oooh! Buy junk food!
Me (puzzled): What?....Buy what?
C: Junk. Food. 
    Buy. 
    Junk. 
    Food.

Way Back When

Just plain bizarre to have your not-quite-three-year-old talking about things that happened "when I was a little girl."

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Some of it is from six to twelve months ago. Some is just plain invention. :)

She actually has a pretty good memory. After Christmas she was telling someone what she got for presents. Once she finished her list, she started naming all the things she'd gotten the year before - very accurately, too.

Sometimes she's just silly, too. :)