While looking at pictures of my sister's wedding.
Me: "...And that's my little brother."
Will: "He has glasses that make him look kind of like a nerd."
Me: "A nerd?!"
Annie: "Wellll, they just...make him look like he's a really big man."
Will: "No. They make him look like he's a really big nerd."
October 30, 2012
Will: "What I want to know is, how does Barbie fit it all in?? I mean, it can't be just 'cause she doesn't have kids, 'cause she has so many jobs...she's an actress, and a painter..."
Annie: "And a fairy..."
Will: "And, this might sound crazy--but she's like a pink striped black belt..."
Annie: "And a fairy."
Will: "I just want to know how she does it. Maybe she stops time."
Annie: "WELL, she's a FAIRY."
Annie: "And a fairy..."
Will: "And, this might sound crazy--but she's like a pink striped black belt..."
Annie: "And a fairy."
Will: "I just want to know how she does it. Maybe she stops time."
Annie: "WELL, she's a FAIRY."
August 7, 2012
Me: "Oh, nice desk. Is that new?"
Will: "I got the desk from the other room."
Me: "That's pretty cool. Is that where you're gonna do your school work?"
Will: "Yeah. Because I'm gonna have at least eight hours of homework every day now."
Me: "Eight hours??"
Will: "Yeah. I'm going into second grade."
Will: "I got the desk from the other room."
Me: "That's pretty cool. Is that where you're gonna do your school work?"
Will: "Yeah. Because I'm gonna have at least eight hours of homework every day now."
Me: "Eight hours??"
Will: "Yeah. I'm going into second grade."
August 2, 2012
While walking. I am pushing the stroller.
Will: "You kind of look...like you're about to fall asleep."
Me: "Maybe I am. What would you do if I did?"
Will: "I would put you in the stroller and get five six-foot golf clubs, and push you. Do you know why?"
Me: "I have no idea."
Will: "Because the longer the object, the more force you'll have to push it. So it would look like I'm the strongest man in the world. But really I'm not."
Will: "You kind of look...like you're about to fall asleep."
Me: "Maybe I am. What would you do if I did?"
Will: "I would put you in the stroller and get five six-foot golf clubs, and push you. Do you know why?"
Me: "I have no idea."
Will: "Because the longer the object, the more force you'll have to push it. So it would look like I'm the strongest man in the world. But really I'm not."
August 2, 2012
Annie and I are looking at a book. Annie points to a picture of Winnie the Pooh.
Annie: "He has a two belly. If you're really strong, you have a six belly."
Me: "Oh yeah?"
Annie: "Yeah. I still only have a one belly."
Me: "I think I have a one belly too..."
Annie: "To get strong, you have to go through all the bellies--one belly, two belly, three belly... But Will has a six belly."
Annie: "He has a two belly. If you're really strong, you have a six belly."
Me: "Oh yeah?"
Annie: "Yeah. I still only have a one belly."
Me: "I think I have a one belly too..."
Annie: "To get strong, you have to go through all the bellies--one belly, two belly, three belly... But Will has a six belly."
April 24, 2012
Annie: "I'm trying to train Mommy to comb my hair without hurting my head."
Will: "Well, if you just sit very still and don't move while she's combing, it won't hurt. I used to have long hair, so I know."
Annie: "I sit still. And it STILL hurts."
Me: "I remember when I was little and my Mommy combed my hair, it always really hurt. So I understand, Annie."
Will: "Well, it doesn't hurt if you sit still. I think mommies are smarter nowadays than they were yesterday."
Will: "Well, if you just sit very still and don't move while she's combing, it won't hurt. I used to have long hair, so I know."
Annie: "I sit still. And it STILL hurts."
Me: "I remember when I was little and my Mommy combed my hair, it always really hurt. So I understand, Annie."
Will: "Well, it doesn't hurt if you sit still. I think mommies are smarter nowadays than they were yesterday."
April 3, 2012
Me: "Your mom said you could have some bread. But she said to remind you of the story of the Little Red Hen."
Will: "The Little Red Hen?"
Me: "Yeah, you know. Where the Little Red Hen asks if anyone will help her bake her bread, and they all say 'Not I,' but when she asks if anyone will help her eat the bread, they all say 'I will!' But then she says that they can't help eat the bread, since they didn't help bake it."
Will: "Well, the Little Red Hen obviously didn't have any kids."
Will: "The Little Red Hen?"
Me: "Yeah, you know. Where the Little Red Hen asks if anyone will help her bake her bread, and they all say 'Not I,' but when she asks if anyone will help her eat the bread, they all say 'I will!' But then she says that they can't help eat the bread, since they didn't help bake it."
Will: "Well, the Little Red Hen obviously didn't have any kids."
April 3, 2012
Will: "Ahh Annie just made me hold the door open FOREVER."
Me: "I doubt it was forever."
Will: "It felt like a hundred MILLION hours."
Me: "I doubt it was a hundred million hours."
Will: "Well then, 23 minutes."
Me: "I don't think it was that long either."
Will: "Okay, maybe a minute."
Me: "Yeah, that sounds more like it."
Will: "But a minute in the global sense."
Me: "The global sense?"
Will: "Like, some people don't actually mean 60 seconds when they say a minute. They mean a longer time, or a shorter time."
Me: "And what do you mean when you say a minute?"
Will: "I mean 60 seconds."
Annie: "My minutes are 70 seconds."
Me: "I doubt it was forever."
Will: "It felt like a hundred MILLION hours."
Me: "I doubt it was a hundred million hours."
Will: "Well then, 23 minutes."
Me: "I don't think it was that long either."
Will: "Okay, maybe a minute."
Me: "Yeah, that sounds more like it."
Will: "But a minute in the global sense."
Me: "The global sense?"
Will: "Like, some people don't actually mean 60 seconds when they say a minute. They mean a longer time, or a shorter time."
Me: "And what do you mean when you say a minute?"
Will: "I mean 60 seconds."
Annie: "My minutes are 70 seconds."
February 21, 2012
Will is telling me what he learned about in school.
Me: "You know, when I was a kid, there were nine planets."
Will: "I know. Pluto."
Me: "Yep. Poor Pluto. He's no longer a planet."
Will: "Well...I have a soft spot for the dwarf planets. They're like baby brothers."
Me: "Baby brothers?"
Will: "I think of them as baby brother or gnomes the planets have out in their yards. They still have families, but they're just...dwarves."
February 21, 2012
Annie: "I changed my mind about being a princess when I grow up. But I'm still gonna babysit your kids. I'm gonna marry Aaron and I'll ask him to build our house near yours so I don't have to walk very far."
February 14, 2012
We pause in the middle of my retelling of "The Horse and His Boy."
Will: "Why did the prince want to marry Susan so bad?"
Me: "I think Susan was supposed to be very beautiful."
Will: "Well, that's broken love."
Me: "That's very true, Will. Rabadash shouldn't have wanted to marry Susan just because she was beautiful."
Will: "She was smart though. I bet she knew he would be a bad husband. If they had kids, he'd probably say, 'Susan!! Take care of the kids!! I'm going to work and I don't care about them.'"
Me: "Yep. He probably would have been just like that."
Will: "She was good at choosing a husband. I bet she would have people over to her house, and then the next day she made them leave and said, 'You're not a kind person!'"
Will: "Why did the prince want to marry Susan so bad?"
Me: "I think Susan was supposed to be very beautiful."
Will: "Well, that's broken love."
Me: "That's very true, Will. Rabadash shouldn't have wanted to marry Susan just because she was beautiful."
Will: "She was smart though. I bet she knew he would be a bad husband. If they had kids, he'd probably say, 'Susan!! Take care of the kids!! I'm going to work and I don't care about them.'"
Me: "Yep. He probably would have been just like that."
Will: "She was good at choosing a husband. I bet she would have people over to her house, and then the next day she made them leave and said, 'You're not a kind person!'"
February 14, 2012
After a week's absence.
Me: "Did you guys miss me?"
Annie: "Yessss."
Will: "Well...not really. It was only a week."
Me: "I missed you! And ANNIE missed me."
Will: "Well, I kept a lot of positive thoughts in my head. That you were coming back."
Me: "Did you guys miss me?"
Annie: "Yessss."
Will: "Well...not really. It was only a week."
Me: "I missed you! And ANNIE missed me."
Will: "Well, I kept a lot of positive thoughts in my head. That you were coming back."
January 12, 2012
Discovering that a lighted corner in the library is just a corner.
Will: "Aw, I thought it was a portal."
Me: "Like to Narnia?"
Will: "Yeah. Or maybe to a magical place, just a different one that's not in our world."
Annie: "Like Alaska."
Will: "Aw, I thought it was a portal."
Me: "Like to Narnia?"
Will: "Yeah. Or maybe to a magical place, just a different one that's not in our world."
Annie: "Like Alaska."
January 10, 2012
Will: "I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm taller than average for my age. But my arms are shorter than average."
Me: "Are they?"
Will: "Yeah, all my height is in my legs. You know how your fingernails grow faster than your toenails? I'm like that, only opposite with my arms and legs."
Me: "Really."
Will: "Yep. So if you pay attention, you'll realize every day that I'm a little bit taller, but only because of my legs."
Me: "Are they?"
Will: "Yeah, all my height is in my legs. You know how your fingernails grow faster than your toenails? I'm like that, only opposite with my arms and legs."
Me: "Really."
Will: "Yep. So if you pay attention, you'll realize every day that I'm a little bit taller, but only because of my legs."
January 3, 2012
Taking a break from our story, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," so Will can tell me his worst nightmare.
Will: "So first these sugar cubes sprouted arms and legs, and they started chasing me. I didn't have a sword, so I couldn't fight them. But then we all tumbled down a long tunnel, and the sugar cubes turned into dragons, and I got a sword and I started fighting them. They were beating me, but then Aslan flew in, swinging on a vine. And he defeated the dragons and gave them all wedgies. 'Cause they were wearing overalls."
Will: "So first these sugar cubes sprouted arms and legs, and they started chasing me. I didn't have a sword, so I couldn't fight them. But then we all tumbled down a long tunnel, and the sugar cubes turned into dragons, and I got a sword and I started fighting them. They were beating me, but then Aslan flew in, swinging on a vine. And he defeated the dragons and gave them all wedgies. 'Cause they were wearing overalls."
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