If you're wondering, yes, I'm still working on getting my program together for Saturday. The good news is I've decided to break the ice with, "Day one, I am born," and work from there. Not much else has been accomplished around the Split-level besides me staring at the computer and directing children to stale pretzels under the couch. Unfortunately, Sundance has figured out a way to get my attention, whether I like it or not.
"I hope they learn how to talk early," I said.
"I hope they're super smart and can recite The Charge of The Light Brigade before they're two," said Husband.
"Talking will be so nice," I said.
"Talking will be the best thing ever," said Husband.
"Can you think of anything better than talking children?" I said.
"Nope," Said Husband. "Not even ice cream or Malamutes or double rainbows on a sunny day."
....and they lived happily ever after.
...wait.
...no they didn't.
Because their dear daughter keeps picking words and phrases to say over and over again. Sundance, bless her, is one of the smartest babies in the whole world, but this talking thing is getting out of hand.
Words repeated this week:
"Grandma!"
"Apple!"
"I not tired!"
"Daddy!"
"Wan Juice!"
"He funny, Momma!"
*points at elderly stranger* "Not Grandma!"
"Wake up, Momma!"
"Momma, you hiding?"
"I scared."
"Milk!"
"Cookie!"
"Momma, you drinkin' again?"
"Daddy, Momma crying in the backyard!"
And the most popular phrase since we fell over and skinned our knee, while pointing at said knee and yelling dramatically, "I hurt!"
I'll be spending the rest of the day getting my thoughts and the rest of my presentation together. Then again, I only have about five more minutes before nap time ends, a fat face peeks around my door, holds out its hand and demands, "Cookie for me?"
Feel free to share any toddler talking stories. I'm off to go hide.
Until Next Time, Readers!
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Paige--it only gets better. Soon you'll be hearing, "I need money", "Can I borrow the car?" & one of my personal favorites, "Everyone else does/can/has one."!!!
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly, I'm not looking forward to the "Everyone else has one" routine. My youngest sisters are still pulling that on my parents, and I catch the tale end of those convos occasionally. At least when they can drive, I'll be able to send them out to do the grocery shopping...right?
Delete...Fishducky, stop laughing. I can here you laughing.
Oh Fishducky is sooo right there! When my sister, who is 17 years younger than me, was little she would uh pass gas then point to her butt and say
ReplyDeleteUh oh I burped!
My daughter was two when she pounded the TV and said
Work damn you!
Hahahaha....ok, those are both endearing in their own way, especially the last one. Two-year-olds are the sassiest people on the planet..LOL
DeleteI KNEW I loved Meaghan!!
DeleteWhen my oldest nephew was little and just learning to talk, he fell butt first into a puddle. Sitting in the middle of it, he said, "Oh shiiittt?" and look up at my sis and my mom as if he needed approval that he said the proper response for his situation. How they managed to keep it together and tell him that wasn't right, is a true miracle! I would have died laughing! Ahhh, kids!
ReplyDeleteHahaha....yes, I believe that he got the universal response correct. They haven't started on the cuss words....yet. Heaven help us all.
DeleteThe Girl's first "sentence" was a stern look followed by, "I not baby."
ReplyDeleteThe Boy is pretty quiet most of the time, but last night I was inspecting a large chipmunk hole in the backyard while the kids were playing on the playset I built two summers ago. It started raining. The Wife and the kids walked up to the carport while I kept looking at the hole. The Boy comes running down into the backyard again and goes, "Daddy?" I said, "Yes?" He said, "Daddy it raining. Inside? Inside?" He just didn't want me to get wet in the rain.
All that to say, sometimes they're amazingly awesome when they speak. And other times they say things like, "Yes, or I'm going to break your head off."
My little Dexter daughter.
Wow, that's quite a threat!...LOL I'll admit. More often than not, what they say is the cutest thing in the entire world. Especially when Sundance comes up, pats me on the arm and says, "You alwight?" Priceless.
DeleteOmg! You mean Little Man isn't the only one who does that. Everyday, "mommy water? Mommy water?" "do you want water?" "no" "does mommy need water?" "yes! Daddy eat??" them we repeat the same thing over and over again no matter how I answer him. I feel like I have a parrot or something. Talking toddlers are overrated :)
ReplyDeleteYes, two talking parrots..haha. Sometimes it baffles me how many times she can repeat a word. I haven't been brave enough to count yet. Hope you're holding up ok, lady!
DeleteOn the plus side at fifteen, they only talk to each other.
ReplyDeleteTheir fifteenth birthday comes after their first one, correct??
DeleteDear Paige, . . . and the words coming soon are "Why?" and "I don't want to." I've never had children but friends and family have shared the lives of their little ones with me and so all I can say is, "Prepare yourself!" Peace.
ReplyDeleteOh, the dreaded, "Why?" I don't know if I'll be able to make it through that phase. I'll need prayers. Lot and lots prayers
DeleteHi Paige. I wish I had known about your class--I just read about it on the library website. I live in Olathe too. Hope it went well!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read about how everything went :0)
ReplyDeleteP.S. You are soooo good to me. Thank you for being such an amazing friend and supporting my writing ;)
That's so funny. Yep, you need to look out for the "why?" It's coming and it won't stop. My kid used to see us watching him and would blurt out, "No looking me!" It would crack us up every time. Then they'll get older, say six, and pick up ugly words from other kids. Look out! My daughter yelled one at the park behind the school the other day when everyone was getting out. She was frustrated that I was talking to a friend and no jumping in the car immediately. Little potty mouth she was.
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