Snuggling, Flamingoes, and Skeletons

I read "The Giving Tree" to Stephanie at naptime today. I had to explain that the little boy grew up to become the old man at the end of the book.

She said "Why?"

I said, "Because everybody grows up but right now I'm going to lay down with my little girl before she grows up."

She said, "You can still lay down with me when I'm a grown up too."

"Will you still want me to snuggle with you when you're a teenager?"

"Yes, you will still lay down with me when I'm a teenager."

"What about when you're a mother and have your own children to snuggle with?"

"You will still lay down with me even when I'm an old Grandma."
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"What will I be when I grow up?"

"Maybe a cowgirl?"

"No. I will be a fleem-go, Hello Kitty, and a duck."

"And an astronaut."

Later.

"Stephanie will not be an animal when she's grows up. She's a people."
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She's also going thru an obsession with death. Well, mostly heaven. But you have to die to get to heaven. Unfortunately, she's currently obsessing about turning into a skeleton so that is our main topic of conversation these days.

Flamingo

I got the Spring/Summer clothes out last week. As soon as Stephanie saw this shirt, she got really excited. "Is that a flamingo? Is that MY shirt? Can I wear that shirt right now?"

I'll be on the lookout for a stuffed flamingo this summer. Her birthday is in September - hopefully, I can find one by then. I wonder if WebKinz has them?

When I was walking around downtown, I saw a HUGE stuffed flamingo in a tattoo shop. It had to sit down - it was too tall to even stand up in the shop. For the record, I do not want a giant flamingo. I want one she can carry around. But it was awesome anyway!

Salad

What do you put on your salad?

Stephanie puts "dress-up" on hers. Then she asks why it's supposed to be naked.

Happy Leela Day!

Every morning Stephanie asks me what day it is.

I told her today is "Friday."

She said, "No, it's not Fry-Day, it's Leela-Day."

And if you don't watch Futurama, that will make absolutely no sense to you.

Heck, I do watch it and it took me a moment to process it. Hayden took 2 moments. Daddy got it right away, of course.

She's so clever.

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

"I want to be a fleem-go when I grow up!"

It's Magic!

We were in the car the other day and it was actually nice out so I let Stephanie roll her window down a little bit.

We were stopped in line at Taco Bell and I was bored. So I advised her that her Mommy is magic! I told her I could roll her window up and down without touching it!

I said, "Abracadabra!" and the window went down.

I said, "Hocus Pocus!" and the window went up.

She was impressed for a few seconds. Then she got mad!

"You are NOT magic!" she said.

"Yes, I am. Didn't you see the window go down and up?"

"You are NOT MAGIC! I'M MAGIC!"

So she said, "AbracaPocus!" and I rolled her window down for her.

Later, I had to threaten the older kids so they wouldn't tell the secret!
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Today we were in the van and she asked me to roll her window down. I advised her the van windows don't roll down in the back. (They actually pop out at the bottom, but I don't want her knowing that either.)

I was trying to listen to the radio and she was being really loud so I finally listened to her and she was shouting at the window, "Abracadabra! Ab-RA-ca-dab-ra! Abra-CA-dabra!" The baby was trying to help her out, "Dab-ra!"

I almost drove off the road.

Last NIght's Conversation

"Mommy, can we buy some watermelon?"

"Sure."

"But not the dirty ones!"

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"But we can't eat the seeds."

"Could we possibly discuss watermelon in the morning?"

{a short time later...}

"Mommy. When I get up, can I have sandwich chips?"

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You would almost think I never feed the kid. Her entire day revolves around sandwich chips...

"Can I have sandwich chips for dinner?"
"Can I have sandwich chips for snack?"
"You make me crabby cuz you don't give me sandwich chips."

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Oh, here's another daytime conversation...

"You better get me some milk right now!"

"Excuse me?"

"Get me some milk, please."

"Try again. Say, 'Could I please have some milk?"

"Could I please have some milk? With a cherry on top."