Edee: Hey--what are you doing?
Me: Taking down the Christmas decorations because Christmas is over.
Edee: Oh...Humm...wait so.....so, how old did Jesus turn?
Me: Um....good question....hmmm... I don't know.
Edee: Oh I tink him turned four.
Me: Oh, really?
Edee: Yeah, him was free but now him is four.
Me: Well he's much older than that....
At least that much I know.
Oh noodles.
"Edee" and "Chicken" are nicknames for my two little rascals. The names originated from how my daughter would pronounce both her own and little brother's name when she first started talking. They've stuck. Chicken may live to regret that someday....
Monday, December 29, 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Christmas Prayer
Edee: Dear Heav-eney Fadder: Dank you for dis day. Dank you for da food. Dank you dat we might be safe. Dank you dat Jesus will be safe in Mary's tummy.....
Merry Christmas from Edee and Chicken!
Merry Christmas from Edee and Chicken!
Lightning
We are driving to Eva's speech appointment in the morning. I apparently was having a really hard time because I made two wrong turns to get there. It's not far away and not hard to get there, my brain was just a million other places.
After I made the first wrong turn:
Me: Sorry Edee, I have lost my mind....we need to turn around.
After the second wrong turn:
Me: Ugh, I did it again!! Sorry Edee...we have to turn around again. What is my deal??
Edee: I tink Yightning ha yost her mind.
Me: What? Who is Lightning?
Edee: Her is our car.
Me: Oh...I forgot that we named our car. Ha ha, yes, let's blame this on the car....
She's awesome like that.
Let's not dwell too much on the fact that I made two wrong turns to get there, rather, I had the wrong time it started on my mind and completely missed the appointment. I can't blame the car for that one!!
After I made the first wrong turn:
Me: Sorry Edee, I have lost my mind....we need to turn around.
After the second wrong turn:
Me: Ugh, I did it again!! Sorry Edee...we have to turn around again. What is my deal??
Edee: I tink Yightning ha yost her mind.
Me: What? Who is Lightning?
Edee: Her is our car.
Me: Oh...I forgot that we named our car. Ha ha, yes, let's blame this on the car....
She's awesome like that.
Let's not dwell too much on the fact that I made two wrong turns to get there, rather, I had the wrong time it started on my mind and completely missed the appointment. I can't blame the car for that one!!
Monday, December 22, 2014
Wedding
Edee: Mom, why are you going to you fend's (friends) weddeen (wedding)?
Me: Because weddings are special occasions and we want to be there for our friends and family when they get married.
Edee: Oh. I'm going to have a PINK cake at my weddeen.
Chicken: Me too!
Me: I don't doubt it.
Edee: Yeah, a big pink cake. And den I'm going to cut it in haff and kiss my hubband when we are eating it.
Chicken: Me too!!
Me: Because weddings are special occasions and we want to be there for our friends and family when they get married.
Edee: Oh. I'm going to have a PINK cake at my weddeen.
Chicken: Me too!
Me: I don't doubt it.
Edee: Yeah, a big pink cake. And den I'm going to cut it in haff and kiss my hubband when we are eating it.
Chicken: Me too!!
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Twenty
Edee: One!! Two!! Free!
Chicken: Two!! Fwee! Eight! eyeven! ee-teen! two-teen!
Edee: siss-teen!!
Me: Alright, alright, alright. If we are going to count, we better count right. Let's do it together. One, two, three.....(we I count all the way to twenty). Good job guys.
Edee: Chicken!! We did it! We counted to the highest number ever!!!!
Me: Well, no. Twenty is not the highest number ever.
Edee: What's the highest number?
Me: There is no highest number. There are infinite numbers.
Edee: Yet's count to it!!
Me: Uh...let's just start with twenty. Twenty is a pretty high number, after all....
Chicken: Two!! Fwee! Eight! eyeven! ee-teen! two-teen!
Edee: siss-teen!!
Me: Alright, alright, alright. If we are going to count, we better count right. Let's do it together. One, two, three.....(
Edee: Chicken!! We did it! We counted to the highest number ever!!!!
Me: Well, no. Twenty is not the highest number ever.
Edee: What's the highest number?
Me: There is no highest number. There are infinite numbers.
Edee: Yet's count to it!!
Me: Uh...let's just start with twenty. Twenty is a pretty high number, after all....
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Corn Cakes
Edee and I are reading a book in which a little girl makes corn cakes for wild animals.
We finish the book.
Me: And....that's why we shouldn't feed wild animals.
Edee: Yeah. Let's read it again.
Me: Okay.
We start reading it again.
Edee: We should make some corn cakes!
Me: To make for wild animals?
Edee: No. To make for ourselfs.
Me: I'm not sure how to make corn cakes.
Edee: First you take some corn. Den you take some yemmen (lemon). Den you add da wadder (water). Den you add more yemmem. Den you mix it up. Den a yittle bit more wadder. Den you bake it.
Me: For how long?
Edee: For free (three) minutes. Right. Dis is how you make corn cakes. We need to make a lot for our fends (friends).
I'll let everyone know how that goes.
We finish the book.
Me: And....that's why we shouldn't feed wild animals.
Edee: Yeah. Let's read it again.
Me: Okay.
We start reading it again.
Edee: We should make some corn cakes!
Me: To make for wild animals?
Edee: No. To make for ourselfs.
Me: I'm not sure how to make corn cakes.
Edee: First you take some corn. Den you take some yemmen (lemon). Den you add da wadder (water). Den you add more yemmem. Den you mix it up. Den a yittle bit more wadder. Den you bake it.
Me: For how long?
Edee: For free (three) minutes. Right. Dis is how you make corn cakes. We need to make a lot for our fends (friends).
I'll let everyone know how that goes.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Mermaids
We are driving in the car. This is often a time for deep conversational topics--like "mermaids"
Edee: Mommy, why aren't mermaids real?
Me: Because someone used their imaginations to make them up.
Edee: Why did dey do dat?
Me: Because maybe someone thought they existed at one time, but now we know they don't and they are fun to imagine.
Edee: But I want them to be real.
Me: I know.
Edee: I want to see one.
Me: I know, they are just for our imaginations
Edee: And movies
Me: And books, and pictures
Edee: Well lions aren't real.
Me: Lions are real!! Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it isn't real.
Edee: Jesus isn't real.
Me: Jesus is real! Honey....some thing are real and some things aren't; people have to choose what they believe in. And even then they aren't always right.
Edee: I want mermaids to be real.
Me: Okay. You can believe in mermaids if you want. I don't see any harm in that for now....
Ironic that this came up right when I've been having some of that Santa guilt and wondering if it will cause a belief crisis later in life. These are tricky lines we walk in parenting....
Edee: Mommy, why aren't mermaids real?
Me: Because someone used their imaginations to make them up.
Edee: Why did dey do dat?
Me: Because maybe someone thought they existed at one time, but now we know they don't and they are fun to imagine.
Edee: But I want them to be real.
Me: I know.
Edee: I want to see one.
Me: I know, they are just for our imaginations
Edee: And movies
Me: And books, and pictures
Edee: Well lions aren't real.
Me: Lions are real!! Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it isn't real.
Edee: Jesus isn't real.
Me: Jesus is real! Honey....some thing are real and some things aren't; people have to choose what they believe in. And even then they aren't always right.
Edee: I want mermaids to be real.
Me: Okay. You can believe in mermaids if you want. I don't see any harm in that for now....
Ironic that this came up right when I've been having some of that Santa guilt and wondering if it will cause a belief crisis later in life. These are tricky lines we walk in parenting....
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