Overheard, from the stroller:
Paul: Annie, is [mumble] in real life?
Annie: Yeah.
Paul: Is [mumble] in real life?
Annie: Yeah.
Is [mumble] in real life? Yeah. Is [mumble] in real life!? Yeah. Is [mumble] in real life!?! Yeah.
Category: Kids say funny things
tell me a story
I’m starting a log of the hilarious (?) story requests I receive from Annie and Paul (but mostly Annie), for their entertainment and sensemaking, and you tell me when to call the child psychologist.
- Tell me a story about when Dory got stung by jellyfish.
- Tell me a story about when Elsa killed a pig and cooked it for her family.
- Tell me a story about Bambi, when the hunters shot his mother and she died.
- Tell me a BRAND NEW story, and it has to be a LONG story. You can decide what it’s about.
- Tell me a story about Elsa when Elsa was a gnat and a spider got her.
- Tell me a story about when Elsa put her monster truck in the bath.
- Tell me a story about when Holly Shiftwell DIED.
so I can remember
Annie to me: When I grow up I’m going to move away from my family just like you moved away from yours.
But I’ll still visit you, and take pictures of you so I can remember what you looked like when you were alive.
Ocot trees
Paul has us battling the squirrels every morning for the loquats on our backyard neighbors’ tree. He calls them “ocots,” and it’s adorable.
questions
For-real questions Annie has asked at the dinner table the last two nights:
Monday: “But how do you make the babies start growing in your tummy?” (I punted with, “We have a book about that we should read!”)
Tuesday: “Wait, are these chicken legs from a REAL chicken?” (It got dark real fast after that. Muscles, dismembered bodies, and Bambi’s mom did come up.)
What will Wednesday hold? STAY TUNED.
No, I’m a turtle
Annie: Paul, can I tell you something?
Paul: NO!! I’m a TURTLE!
Annie: Turtle, can I tell you something?
Paul: Yes.
Annie: Turtle, um, you can swim, even if you’re not a mermaid.
Paul: Yeah, I can swim, in my turtle hat.
Annie: No, you have to swim in a swimming pool.
marshmallows
“Sometimes when I push on my eyes, I pretend they’re marshmallows.” —Annie